Christopher Burkett is widely regarded to be the greatest color photographer working today. He has dedicated his life to capturing the pristine American landscape and has achieved a print quality unprecedented in the history of color photography. He is recognized as a national expert in printing Cibachrome, by virtue of his use of sophisticated and unique masking techniques that he has privately developed over the past twenty years. All of his prints are individually hand printed by himself.

Born in 1951 and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Burkett spent his childhood roaming the local forests and fields, observing the natural light and absorbing the bold textures, the vibrant colors and vast subtlety of tones that surrounded him. In 1975, while he was a brother in a Christian Order, he became interested in photography as a means of expressing the grace, light and beauty he saw present in the world of nature. In the years that followed he gradually perfected his craft and in 1979 he left the Order to envelop himself completely in his art. His world was filled with an inspiration so divine he had no choice but to share it with others. To him, "Photography is an expression of the world we live in and of what we see and experience".

Burkett strives to share with his ever-growing audience the paradise he glimpses, eternalizing one brief and spectacular moment. He and his wife, Ruth, travel extensively throughout the United States to photograph. His masterful hand printing and numerous exhibitions have brought him widespread international acclaim and his photographs are featured in many public and private fine art collections, inspiring and reaffirming to many, the divinity inherent in the natural world.