Christopher Payne (photographer)

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Christopher Payne is an American photographer who specializes in industrial and architectural photography.

Payne is the author of Making Steinway: An American Workplace, [1] North BrotherIsland: The Last Unknown Place in New York City, [2] Asylum: Inside the Closed World of State Mental Hospitals [3] that includes a foreword by Oliver Sacks, [4] [5] and New York's ForgottenSubstations: The Power Behind the Subway. [6]

Originally trained as an architect, Payne has exhibited his photographs in the United States, [7] the United Kingdom [8] and the Netherlands. [9]

Payne was the recipient of the 2010 Ken Book Award, [10] and the 2015 Photolucida Critical Mass Top 50. [11]

While making road trips to visit abandoned asylums and quarantine hospitals, Payne enjoys eating at Burger King restaurants.

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