Bio

Christopher Petsos began his career as a textile designer after graduating with honors from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. His outstanding creativity in composition and color brought him quick success as a textile designer and graphic artist in New York’s competitive design industry, where he became the art director of a busy studio.

Photography was the primary source of inspiration for his illustration and design work, and he carried a camera everywhere he went. At first he was taking basic snapshots to be used only for design reference, but as he became more adept at photography he realized it was his greatest passion. Christopher transitioned his career away from the fashion industry and began building a serious photography collection, documenting New York City’s diverse architecture, neighborhoods, and people. At first he marketed his collection to other design professionals, and through word of mouth his large scale prints were increasingly being sought by a discriminating clientele, for placement in some of the city's most exquisite private interiors. As Christopher's list of clients grew, he kept expanding his subject matter to include series devoted to Miami, Paris, Greece, Italy, Stockholm, and other locations.

Christopher's work has been collected by thousands of clients who have encountered his extraordinary prints being exhibited in New York’s SoHo, Tribeca, the Lower East Side, and Midtown Manhattan, where his studio showroom is located.

His work has been featured in the New York Times Magazine and licensed by numerous organizations. His work has been featured in the New York Times Magazine and licensed by prestigious organizations such as Cornell University, which recently chose his skyline photography to be used as the imagery covering the school’s inter-campus buses.

Christopher is currently working on a series that documents the New York City architecture and communities being rapidly destroyed, ostensibly in the name of progress as the city reinvents itself for the 21st century.

In today's digital world, photos are most often viewed on a variety of devices and screens; all with their own color gamut, resolution, and brightness. Did you ever pick up a friend's phone and wonder why the screen looks so yellow, or blue, or dark? Everyone has different settings for their devices. You can never be certain that you're seeing the image as the photographer or artist originally intended.

That's why a carefully executed print remains the ultimate way to experience fine art photography. Light, shadow, and color are precisely controlled by the photographer in a consistent and enduring form. A high quality print is a thing of precise execution and adherence to the artist's intent, something to be enjoyed for a lifetime.

Christopher Petsos controls every aspect that goes into his prints. He does all of the post-processing in his own studio, prepares every individual file for printing, and inspects every proof. Only then will he sign his name to a work. The same attention to detail is devoted to every print, whether it's a signed and numbered limited edition, or an open edition print.