Author Christopher Ryan

I was very fortunate to spend an afternoon with mallakhamb performers at Gurukulam Shiksha this past March.  Read further to learn the definition of mallakhamb and see photos of these amazing athletes. M...

Meet Ice, a teen Thai Scout and Muay Thai fighter in Nong Khai, Thailand.  Nong Khai is the northernmost of the Isan region of Thailand.  It is situated on the Mekong River which at this point is the border b...

I shall call this set "Girl Tickled with Feather" though it started out as a regular shoot for the photo series "Focus on Feet" without any intention of using a feather. The model, Luna is a aerial arts perfor...

A few months ago I was having an online discussion with my cousin in a rather rural part of Alabama about doing a portrait shoot of her 9 and 11 year old children at an abandoned school in another rural part of...

Meet my cousin who volunteered as a model for the Focus on Feet project.  We shot this in a lovely AirBnB cottage situated on the bayou in Ocean Springs, Mississippi.  We had so much fun with this project and...

While on a free walking tour by Beyond Colombia, photographer Christopher Ryan found this interesting abandoned housing complex. It was not part of the tour, but the guide graciously pointed out, because Christ...

Noe is a teen Muay Thai fighter living in Bangkok, Thailand.  He is 14 years old and as you can see dedicates a lot of work to keeping in great shape.  He loves to pose for photos and show off his six pack. ...

  I was fortunate to meet teen girl boxer Paulina, age 15 at Black Dog Boxing in San Juan Puerto Rico.  I was standing in front of the gym waiting for a special exhibition of their fighters to start wh...

Intimate bonding between an individual parent and child is a vital part of early development. It's rare that these moments are captured on film. However, photographer Christopher Ryan’s “Parent and Child In...

Asian teen feet photoshoot for my "Focus on Feet" series with an Asian teenager in New York City.  His ethnicity is mixed Korean and Bhutanese.  As you can see he has inherited the best of both worlds and he ...