Bio:
Chris Anderson is originally from Chicago but has lived in Machesney Park since 1986. He graduated
from William Rainey Harper College, Northern Illinois University and the New York Institute of Photography.
He has been a freelance photographer since 2005 and works regularly for The Post Journal. His
photographs have also been published in Sports Illustrated, the Rockford Register Star, Freeport Journal Standard, Aurora
Beacon News, Belvidere Daily Republican, Roscoe/Rockton Herald, Ogle County Life and Todd County Standard newspapers, Shutterbug
magazine as well as the Summer 2008 edition of Northwest Quarterly and several web sites. He also shoots high school
sports for CBS Sports MaxPreps and NCAA and professional sports for Southcreek Global Media.
His photographs were chosen for the cover of the Blues Shootout 2005 CD. He is also the team photographer
for the Roscoe Rush, Rock River Raptors and 2009 National Pro Fastpitch Champion Rockford Thunder, contributing photographer
for the Wisconsin Wolfpack and has done work for the American Red Cross, Northwest Illinois Special Olympics and On The
Waterfront.
