Artist Information
Artist
Chris JacksonRole
PhotographerDate made
2019Notes
PHOTOGRAPHER BIOGRAPHY
Chris Jackson is Getty Images Royal Photographer, and he has photographed a diverse range of subjects and events during his 18 years with the agency. Assignments have taken him around the world from the Galapagos Islands, Australia, Los Angeles, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Japan and many more locations.
As well as heading up the Royal coverage at Getty Images Chris is an experienced assignment and reportage photographer, and he has worked with many charities. He has covered events such as drought in the Horn of Africa, the Inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI, Venice Film Festival, charity climbs to the top of Kilimanjaro and Inca trail, Royal weddings, births, christenings and every major royal tour with the British Royal family over the last decade. His images are published regularly on the front pages of newspapers around the world and regularly featured in Newsweek, The Washington Post, The Telegraph, etc. Jackson was Royal Photographer of the Year in 2010, 2015 and 2016, as well as News Photographer of the Year in 2005.