Chris Cook is a professional wedding and portrait photographer who has also been photographing the night sky and environs for 25 years. His award winning images have appeared in local, national and international publications, music album covers as well as corporate brochures, calendars and annual reports. Most recently, his nightscape images were exhibited at the Cape Cod Museum of Art. Image accolades include having five NASA Astronomy Picture Of The Day (APOD's) to his credit, the 1995 Texas Star Party "Best Deep Sky Photograph", the 1989 NCRAL astrophotography contest, Astronomy magazine's "Best Astrophoto Award", and a finalist in LIFE magazine's "1999 Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards For Magazine Photography". Chris currently lives on Cape Cod.

Chris' nightscape & astrophotography images are represented by Photo Researchers, Inc. stock agency, the world leader in space & scientific photography.

Publications include the following:

Magazines
The New Yorker (US)
Santa Fean Magazine (US)
Cape Cod Magazine (US)
Cape Cod View (US)
Sky & Telescope (US)
Astronomy (US)
Night Sky (US)
Sky & Space (Australia)
Astronomy Now (UK)
Coelum (Italy)
GEO (Germany)
Stars & Universe (South Korea)
Aktuel Astronomi (Denmark)

Newspapers
The Orange County Register. Orange County, California.
The Cape Cod Voice. Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

Books
Night Photography - Finding your way in the dark, by Lance Keimig
Explorations, by Thomas T. Arny Ph.D.
Peterson's Field Guide to the Stars and Planets, 4th Edition by Jay M. Pasachoff
Astronomy - A Visual Guide by Mark A. Garlick
Practical Astronomy by Storm Dunlop
Deep Sky Observer's Guide by Neil Bone
Night Wonders by Jane Ann Peddicord
What's Up 2006: 365 Days of Skywatching by Tammy Plotner & Jeff Barbour (front cover photo)
Celestial Sampler by Sue French

Television
WHDH Channel 7 NBC - Boston, Massachusetts
WIFR Channel 23 CBS - Rockford, Illinois

Educational Exhibits
Griffith Observatory - "Pieces of the Sky - Meteorites" exhibit - Los Angeles, California

Corporate Brochures, Calendars & Annual Reports
NASA - 2008 "Healthier You" NASA employee calendar
PDI, Inc. - 2000 Annual Report - Saddle River, New Jersey
PDI, Inc. - Medical Devices & Diagnostics sales brochure - Saddle River, New Jersey

Online Publications
NASA's APOD "Astronomy Picture Of The Day" for July 2, 2003, August 20, 2003, October 28, 2005, March 10, 2007 & January 10, 2012
"Jesse Greenstein Memorial Film" Palomar Observatory - California Institute of Technology
"StarTales" a publication of Lowell Observatory - Flagstaff, Arizona
NASA's "Spaceweather.com" website cover page for June 27, 2003, April 28 & 30, 2004, January 10 & 12, 2007 and March 4, 2007
NASA's "Lunar Photo of the Day" for October 21, 2004
Image gallery - "SPACE.COM" for June 2004, November 2004, January 2007 and March 2007