Chris Jones’s photographic practice is centred on the relationship between people and place, and the environments they inhabit. He is interested in the human footprint, not only in the obvious marks people leave on the world, but also in the quieter, almost imperceptible traces of human presence. Through photography, Chris explores how individual actions and experiences connect to wider stories about humanity’s relationship with the natural world.

Chris graduated with a degree in Fine Art Photography from the University of Chester, where he developed an approach to photography rooted in observation and a curiosity about the everyday. He is drawn to moments that might initially appear ordinary but, when photographed and considered in context, begin to reveal something more significant about the people, places and circumstances behind them. His work is particularly concerned with the tension between what a photograph reveals immediately and what it asks the viewer to look for.

The quiet observation and attention to the everyday found in the work of Stephen Shore, Alec Soth and John Gossage have strongly influenced the way Chris looks at the world, while René Burri's approach to people and place has shaped his interest in visual storytelling. He is also drawn to contemporary photographers such as Stephen King, Paul Graham and Jason Kummerfeldt, whose work demonstrates the continued potential of photography to find meaning within familiar landscapes and everyday life.

Through his work, Chris aims to draw attention to the fragility of the environments we share with other species and the importance of preserving them. For him, photography provides a way of slowing down and looking more carefully, at the individual, at the landscape, and at the traces that connect the two. His images encourage the viewer to give greater attention to familiar or apparently untouched places, revealing the evidence of a much larger human story within them.