Chris Gunn

Chris Gunn
USA
Practice: Photography

Gunn is very interesting. None of Gunn’s past work (including music industry based works) features on his website as he feels that he and his imaging making is now in a different place and that although he is connected to his past, he also is not. This is reassuring in my current creative space as I find myself severed from my past work. Gunn produces exceptional images with his application of light, composition, and ability to convey scale and space.

When asked about the rights and licensing of his images Gunn explains that the images are public domain. On further prompting, the “technician” continues that the images can be used by anyone and are also not the property of NASA.

Untitled (Self portrait), Chris Gunn 2014

Relevance to practice

Gunn’s attitude to past work and letting it go is an interesting perspective, much like my own.

Keywords

Chris Gunn, NASA, Astronomy, Telescope, Observatory, Documentary photography, Space station, Technology

References

B&H Photography Podcast 2020, Space Odyssey - Photographing the James Webb Space Telescope with Chris Gunn, podcast, B&H Photo Video, viewed 26 April 2020, <https://open.spotify.com/episode/2x21mYQLU4sOiyrpZdlDj4>

Gunn, C 2014, Self-portrait, photograph, viewed 26 April 2020, <https://www.flickr.com/photos/nasawebbtelescope/46741910804>

 Garner, RM & Jarrell EM 2012, Chris Gunn – A Disciplined Creativity, NASA, viewed 26 April 2020, <https://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/about/people/gunn-og.html>