Chris McLennan

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Chris McLennan (born 18 January 1964) is an international travel photographer who achieved worldwide recognition following the release of his "Car-L meets the lions" video. The video became a viral hit with over 7 million YouTube views and was featured in national publications and on TV news stations around the globe. (Including CNN & Huffington Post in the US, [1] Metro.co.uk in the United Kingdom, [2] German T Online in Germany, [3] Global News in Canada, [4] FotoOutlet in Hungary, [5] Information Telegraph Agency in Russia, Expressen TV in Sweden, RTVE Breakfast TV in Spain, [6] Argentina TV, Belgium TV, Zoomin Italian TV and News agency in Italy [7] and African Geographic in Africa, [8] as well as live interviews on TV3's Campbell Live [9] and TV1's Seven Sharp [10] news programs in McLennan's home country of New Zealand).

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Early life

Chris McLennan was born on January 18, 1964, in Gore, New Zealand. He grew up in the small farming community of Riversdale in the South Island and attended Gore High School. He had an early interest in photography and through his teenage years took regular photos of his father's classic car racing. [11]

Career

The middle of five children, McLennan originally trained and worked as a butcher before taking up photography as a serious profession in 1988 when he purchased an existing wedding and portrait studio operating out of Invercargill. He re-branded the company as "Chris McLennan Photography Ltd" and moved to Queenstown where he worked as a freelance photographer. He focused on the adventure tourism industry and by the early to mid-1990s was established as a self-employed professional photographer [12] working for clients both in New Zealand and also offshore.

McLennan first gained critical international acclaim when he was recognised with a PDN National Geographic Traveler award in 2009 for his image "Lost World". [13] This was followed by the same award the following year for his image "Freestyle Moto-X", where he mounted a DSLR camera to the handlebars of well-known stunt rider Levi Sherwood's bike. [14] He became an "EOS Master Photographer" [15] for camera brand Canon in 2010 before changing to Nikon in late 2012. He is currently an Ambassador for Nikon [16] and also holds international endorsement relationships with industry brands Lowepro and Lexar

His reputation for colour accuracy resulted in the formation of a formal relationship with computing brand Hewlett-Packard for whom he is an international Ambassador - in particular representing their colour accurate DreamColor products [17]

Photographic Work

McLennan's body of photographic work predominantly covers travel imagery from around the world, encompassing wildlife, culture, landscapes, seascapes and cityscapes. He has worked on commercial assignments in over 45 different countries [18] and is known for his technical excellence, unusual angles and the colour and clarity of his photos.

Past exhibitions

International Awards List

In the media

In New Zealand McLennan has featured in the NZ Herald national newspaper, Canvas Magazine (cover story), D-Photo Magazine, Southland Times newspaper (cover story), Rodney Times newspaper (cover story) and NorWest News (cover story), as well as live interviews live on TV3's Campbell Live, [26] TV1's Seven Sharp [27] news programs and a featurette on the Natural History channel. He is author of the regular "On Location" column in D-Photo Magazine , a bi-monthly photographic publication in New Zealand.

Internationally McLennan has been interviewed live on Sky Sports Radio in Australia as well as numerous mentions in international media as a result of his "Car-L meets the lions" YouTube viral video.

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