As a photographic artist and filmmaker, Chris Anthony's world is anything but normal. His large scale photographs are an intersection of Renaissance set and costume design, melted with a process that employs both antique photographic equipment and the modern technology of post-production. Anthony's work is lush and painterly. He creates an image that is akin to filmwork in its narrative. Both cinematic an containing all the elements of a story left open-ended.

His series "Victims and Avengers," Anthony constructs a scene at the very moment after a violent act of reprisal. This series is about the endurance of domestic violence and the aftermath, when the victim is also the avenger. Anthony's subjects stand in repose, their stillness, as if the soul has been drained from the person, hold an empty stare. These are powerful, hypnotic, dark and appear as if they were made at turn of the century.

In his latest series, Anthony rented an old hotel in Downtown Los Angeles once owned by Charlie Chaplin to create a sweeping backdrop of space lost in time. He photographs his subjects in mid-dream, or in a state of semi-consciousness. The scene is amplified by distinct props and the presence of small figures, visions manifested from the sub-conscious. It is not sure if they are evil or guardian.