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| I'm a native Chicagoan and a born photographer, and have never
wanted to be anything else. Funny thing is I've been a pro since
the age of 13 when I was commissioned by various friends' parents
to shoot portraits of their families.
I had my first legitimate show.
at 17 and sold my first photographs to an ad agency at 18: race car
photos for use in Pure Oil national ads shot through Leo Burnett.
I started Bart Harris Photography, Inc. at 23 and shot retail fashion
for Both Marshall Field & Co. and Carson Pirie Scott & Co. as well as
several small ad agencies.
My early ad agency photography revolved
around humor and an opportunity to shoot Virginia Slims old-time
photos early in my career really helped propel me into the limelight.
In late 1994 I shot three photos with a Kodak DCS460 camera in the prof
essional lighting department of a large professional camera store.
This was my first exposure (pun intended) to chicago photography
The following day I looked at the images on my monitor and was blown
away by the quality of what I saw. Contrary to what was being written
and said about the state of digital photography at the time, |
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