BART HARRIS

ARTIST STATEMENT

   Prints are generally made to order and are available in a variety of sizes including custom sizes to meet your specifications. The number of prints in each edition varies from 45 to 75.  

I have been a professional photographer since the age of 13, when I was commissioned by various friends’ parents to photograph their families. I had my first legitimate exhibition at the age of 17 and sold my first photograph to Leo Burnett Advertising at 18. At 23 I formed Bart Harris Photography, Inc. and since then have collected almost every award for both still and film (TV commercials) photography in advertising.  Through the years I worked on many famous advertising campaigns such as Virginia Slims, Walter Payton’s Wheaties Box, Michael Jordan for Gatorade, Miller Light Beer’s sports celebrities (Dick Butkis, Marv Throneberry, Joe Frazier and more), John Madden’s Ace Hardware campaign, Spuds MacKenzie for Bud Light and many more. Eleven years ago, I became the first “people photographer” in advertising to shoot 100% digitally. Shortly after this I began beta testing for Eastman Kodak and advising various advertising agencies about technical aspects of working with digital files.  In late 2003, I was hired by 20th Century Fox to produce digital images of Chicago that were initially to be used as guides for digitally constructed Chicago scenes. A number of those photographs became backgrounds in the feature film I Robot. These images led me to continue photographing Chicago and creating limited edition, fine-art photographic prints. I still pursue my advertising photography career and have created the first ever photographic comic strip (which can be seen on line in the Tribune’s sports section: http:chicagosports.com .   Please look for “Around The Corner”, my comic strip’s name.

Bart's theatre photos are part of Anatomically Correct's touring exhibition  "All The World's A Stage" .