Pia with balloon in Gràcia, Barcelona, 2016

Aperture is pleased to release a new limited-edition print by Christopher Anderson. Anderson's work is featured in issue #233 of Aperture magazine, "Family".     Christopher Anderson’s ongoing documentation of his family—his wife, Marion, and their two children, Atlas and Pia—unfolds with the poetry, tonality, and cinematic drive of The Red Balloon. Beginning with the birth of his son in 2008, Anderson, a Magnum member who has photographed Haitian refugees on a sinking boat, political turmoil in Caracas, and former president Barack Obama, turned his camera on his family.   The moments Anderson seems drawn to aren’t dramatic or narrative—none of the usual occasions of family snaps, no birthday parties, no hammy smiles. Instead, he captures an everyday love and the naturalness of human connections—the ease of familiar bodies finding each other, the sparks of daily rituals. Specifics of time and place are less important than emotional resonances. “For me,” Anderson says, “spontaneity is the central fuel in these images.”

Archival Pigment Print
Paper Size: 16 x 20 inches
Image Size: 16 x 20 inches
Edition of 25 and 2 Artist’s Proofs
Signed and numbered by the artist on a signature label

Christopher Anderson (b. 1970, Kelowna, Canada) is an American
photographer who grew up in Abilene, Texas. He is a member of Magnum Photos. Anderson first gained recognition in 1999 when he joined Haitian refugees on a small wooden boat trying to sail to America. His images from the journey received the Robert Capa Gold Medal.