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Christopher Duggan

Christopher Duggan is principal photographer of Christopher Duggan Photography, a New York City-based wedding and dance photography studio. Christopher and his team cover Manhattan's finest wedding venues, the Metropolitan, Tri-State areas and the Berkshires, and frequently travels to destination weddings. The company's mission is straightforward and heartfelt - create timeless, memorable images of brides, grooms, their families and friends, and capture special moments of shared love, laughter and joy.

Christopher has been the Festival Photographer for Jacob’s Pillow Dance since 2006. In this capacity, and as a respected New York-based dance photographer, he has worked with renowned choreographers and performers of international acclaim as well as upstarts in the city’s diverse performance scene. He has photographed WestFest at Cunningham Studios, Dance From the Heart for Dancers Responding to Aids, The Gotham Dance Festival at The Joyce Theater, and assisted Nel Shelby Productions in filming Vail International Dance Festival.

Duggan often teams up with his talented wife and Pillow videographer Nel Shelby. A New York City-based husband and wife dance documentation team, they are equipped to document performances, create and edit marketing videos and choreography reels, and much more.

He is a regular contributor to 4dancers.org and the Culture section of Huffington Post and his photographs appear in The New York Times, Destination I Do, Photo District News, Boston Globe, Financial Times, Dance Magazine, Munaluchi Bridal, and Bride & Bloom, among other esteemed publications and popular wedding blogs. One of his images of Bruce Springsteen was added to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's celebrated photography collection in 2010. His company has been selected for inclusion in “The Listings” in New York Weddings magazine. Christopher's images from Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival's Inside/Out have been chosen by the National Museum of Dance for a year-long photographic exhibition beginning this May.

Recent Press

	The prestigious New York Magazine Weddings has selected me for inclusion in “The Listings.”
	A review of Laboratory Dance Project in Dance Magazine.
	A New York Times review of Jane Comfort and Company at Jacob’s Pillow.
	Washington Post review of Keigwin + Co at the Kennedy Center.
	ARTFORUM’s review of performances in NYC during Performa 2011 included my photo of Richard Move.
	Boston Globe reviews of Laboratory Dance Project, Kidd Pivot, zoe\|juniper, Keigwin + Company and Ballet Geneve at Jacob’s Pillow.
	A Berkshire Eagle review of Ballet Geneve at Jacob’s Pillow.
	Ceci New York’s June 7 issue of CeciStyle features Azie & Wale’s Nigerian wedding.
	Lela New York most recently featured Jon & Erin’s wedding.
	Merci New York most recently featured Elizabeth & Brian’s wedding.
	arts·meme posted a slideshow of Lar Lubovitch photos from Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival.
	Hollywood called for permission to use some of my photos for feature film Jumping the Broom.
	Other publications that have recently featured Christopher Duggan’s work include: Arts Journal, Boston Phoenix, Broadway World, The Brooklyn Eagle, Culture Map Houston, The Dance Enthusiast, Dance Pulp, Downtown Express, The Ephemeralist, The Infinite Body, Mass Live, The New York Post, OffOffOff, Portland Monthly, Rural Intelligence, and The Times Union.