Christopher Schreck is an talented American artist that experiments with video and colors in his images.
MIRE: WHERE WERE YOU RAISED? DOES THIS PLACE LOOK LIKE YOUR PICTURES?
Christopher Schreck: I was raised in the suburbs of Chicago and moved to the city when I graduated high school. Although a lot of my photos are taken here, I actually don’t think they evoke Chicago much at all. My photos are almost always some subtlety or detail in my surroundings that I happened to find interesting, and I usually don’t like to offer much context for or in the images. So it doesn’t really matter where I am; Chicago is just where I spend most of my time. Personally, I think images are often stronger for not being obviously tied to any one place or situation – it opens things up for both the photographer and the viewer – so ultimately, my photos don’t look like my city because I don’t want my photos to look like anywhere.
