I'm Chris, Welcome to my site!!
I live in the Fredericksburg, Virginia region, where American history and the natural world sit side by side every single day. This historic city was built just below the fall line on the banks of the Rappahannock River, and the surrounding battlefields, forests, and waterways have shaped both my life and my photography. Because of that daily contact, my work has grown into a clear focus on historic landscapes and
wildlife—places that still hold the quiet power of the past.
Over the years I’ve had the great fortune and honor of seeing a number of my Civil War battlefield photographs published nationally and locally in support of battlefield and historic preservation and regional tourism here in Virginia.
Standing on those hallowed battlefields—sometimes in the freezing morning light, as in the photo of me on the Jackson Flank Attack trail at Chancellorsville in 2022—never gets old. The history is still alive there. My goal with every image is to share that feeling and, through every purchase, continue supporting the organizations that protect these irreplaceable places.
(Photo of me on a freezing morning on the Jackson Flank Attack portion of the Chancellorsville Battlefield in 2022)
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I have had the great fortune and honor of having a number of my Civil War battlefield photos nationally published in support of Battlefield Preservation and regional Tourism in Virginia.
In 2022 I put together a battlefield preservation fundraising effort through sales of my 2023 calendar.
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"Historically Beautiful"
This photo is from my battlefield preservation fundraising effort in 2022.
I very much appreciated Danelle and the Fredericksburg Visitor Center for carrying my 2023 fundraising calendar "Historically Beautiful". It was a successful campaign and all net profits were donated to help save prime battlefield land in the Fredericksburg area.
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Donations went to Central Virginia Battlefields Trust and the American Battlefield Trust (fundraiser results below)
"Final Update as of September 3, 2022.
As of today, we have raised $400.00 through the sale of my battlefield landscape photo calendar. Those funds have now been evenly donated to the American Battle Trust and the Central Virginia Battlefield Trust, to help save more historic and important land on the Chancellorsville battlefield in Spotsylvania, Va.
These donations are now part of 10.5 to 1 matching effort, making the funds we raised have an over $4,000.00 impact on the bigger preservation effort to save this local battlefield land.
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Over the years, I have owned, managed and worked at American history and Civil War related Book & Gift Stores that were all located on historic battlefield ground.
The American History Company was a history related retail and service business located across the street from the visitor center in Fredericksburg. The entirety of old town Fredericksburg was part of the Battle of Fredericksburg. - (Founder and President)
This photo was part of a feature story in the Free Lance-Star in the mid 1990s.
The Museum Book & Gift store is located right behind the Fredericksburg National Battlefield Park Visitor's center directly on the Fredericksburg Battlefield. - (Regional Manager)
The Museum & Gift Store is located right on the First Day Chancellorsville battleground. - (Tourism Counselor)