About Us  
  Dean and Lee photographing bears. Photo © 2002 by Susanna RolandWe offer Dean's images as fine art prints of exceptional quality in addition to making them available for publication and other uses. The business is owned and operated by Dean along with his wife, business manager, and aspiring photographer, Lee Chuah. It is a consequence of their passion and enthusiasm for the natural world combined with a desire to share and learn about that world through the medium of photography.  
   
  Dean's Biography  
  Dean M. Chriss - Photo © 2004 by Paik Hua Chuah.Dean first developed an interest in photography thirty-seven years ago. He took pictures of old cars, abandoned farm houses, and the woodlands around his rural Ohio home. In his late teens Dean began learning black and white darkroom printing techniques, and he experimented with extreme close-up photography of plants and insects.
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A long term commitment to landscape photography solidified in Dean's early twenties when he first traveled to the deserts of the Southwestern United States. Ten years later his photographic interests grew to include wildlife inhabiting the lands he had come to know and love. Dean currently works in the national parks, forests, and wilderness areas of North America, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
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Dean has printed all of his own work for the past twelve years. This allows him to maintain a consistent visual interpretation from the first eyewitness view in the field all the way to the finished print. Some of the most advanced materials, tools and processes available are used to create Dean's prints, and countless hours are spent perfecting them.
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Dean's work was first published in the United States in 1986. His images have since been published internationally in more than twenty-five countries distributed across Europe, North America, and South Asia.
 
   
  Photographer's Statement  
  Nature and the outdoors have always played a major role in my life. Nature was the only subject available to me in abundance when I became interested in photography, so that was what I photographed. By the time I was older and had opportunities to photograph other things, I had no desire to do so. Nature had become my photographic home. There are rooms in that home I will likely never see, but there are many beautiful and familiar ones in which I am most comfortable. For that I often feel like the luckiest person on earth. Nature photography has held my interest and passion for the last thirty-seven years. It continues to do so now more than ever.
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For me, no aspect of photography is as satisfying as printmaking. Only in a final print is an image at its best, and I feel this is the ultimate expression of my work. When a client purchases a print, I always hope it will bring them some of the joy and wonder that existed when I captured the image.
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I sincerely hope you enjoy visiting our web site as much as I enjoy sharing the images and experiences posted here.
 
   
 

Client Satisfaction

 
 

Client satisfaction is extremely important to us on both a business and personal level. From long hours spent in the field, to sourcing the best papers and supplies, to perfecting the color balance of a print, we put a great deal of time, effort, and ourselves, into each image we offer. We want and need each of our clients to be satisfied with their purchases, now and into the future. This is the only way our endeavor can be successful and worthwhile. To that end, we will do all we can to assure your satisfaction. If you purchase a print from us and feel there is any kind of problem, even many years later, please let us know. We will do our very best to maintain your satisfaction and trust.

 
   
 

Partial Client Credit and Venue List

Lee resting at the remote "Proboscis Beach", Borneo, after an extreme hike through the jungle. Photo © 2002 by Dean M. Chriss.
Allegheny College, Pennsylvania
Asian Photography Magazine
Audubon Society
Beautyway Publications
Cain Park Arts Festival, Cleveland Hts., Ohio
Cleveland Metroparks System, Ohio
College Club of Cleveland
Cuyahoga Valley Photographic Society
Cuyahoga Valley Trails Association
Death Valley Natural History Association
Glacier National Park, Montana
Lake County Metroparks System, Ohio
Lakewood Photographic Society, Ohio
Lorain County Metroparks System, Ohio
Mildred Wardlaw Nature Trails,
British Columbia, Canada
Pilgrimage Magazine
Science Illustrated Magazine, Denmark
Shambhala Publications
Sierra Club
Susan G. Komen Foundation
Summit County Metroparks, Ohio
  The Choral Project, San Jose, California  
  United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland  
Willoughby ArtsFest, Willoughby, Ohio
 
   
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