Category Archives: Advertising

Toronto The Good

Posted on November 15, 2013 by Chris

Toronto isn’t just the home of politicians with boundary issues, there are a number of fantastic ad agencies there too. I’ve had the privilege to shoot with a couple of them this year. Most recently I shot the Excel Gumergency print … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Behind The Scenes, On Set, Photography, Videos | Tagged BBDO, Dwight McFee, Excel, Gumergency, Jeff Kassel, JK Reps, Jooli Kim, Michael Siegers, Peter Snider, Randy Johnson, Rene Bhavnani, Rhys Ernst, Rob Ford, Sean Atkinson, Shawn James, Taxi Toronto, Toronto, Viagra, Wrigley | Leave a comment

More Lastminute.com

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Chris

A couple of days ago I posted about my visit this spring to London and shooting with Adam & Eve London on Lastminute.com‘s FOR EVERYONE campaign. It was a fabulous experience – a cool agency, button-down production, a top London … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Behind The Scenes, On Set, Photography | Tagged Adam and Eve London, Andrea Walji, Chris Buck, Frank Ginger, Lastminute.com, London, Michelle Golden, Shay Reading | Leave a comment

London Calling

Posted on May 30, 2012 by Chris

On a Thursday I received confirmation of a three-week ad shoot in England and the following Tuesday I found myself in London with a full UK crew and a shot list of 17 separate executions. The ad agency behind this … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Behind The Scenes, On Set, Photography | Tagged Adam and Eve London, Andrea Walji, Chris Buck, Lastminute.com, London | 1 Comment

Direct Mailer Part 1: Chris Buck is a Euphemist

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Chris

Over the past month I’ve been rolling out a new direct mailer. I’m very excited about this piece. It’s likely the most impressive single piece that I’ve ever produced, but it didn’t start out that way. A year and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Behind The Scenes, Biography, Editorial, Family, Inspiration, Photography, Promotion, Tearsheets | Tagged Alex Wiederin, Buero New York, Canada, Chloe Sevigny, Chris Buck, David Frost, direct malier, Entertainment Weekly, Euphemist, Moviefone, Nixon Frost, Peter Griffin, President Richard M. Nixon, Queen Street West, Richard Nixon, Sarah Wilmer, Sylvia Gruber, Toronto, Xerox, Yael Young | 7 Comments

With A Rebel Yael

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Chris

I asked my current intern, Yael Young, to be a guest blogger this week. She is on her fifth month with me. Working with Chris continues to be ever changing and evolving. It’s funny to look back and think that … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Behind The Scenes, Inspiration, On Set, Photography, Teaching, Tearsheets, Uncategorized | Tagged Chris Buck, Feist, Fiery Furnaces, Frank Sinatra, Jooli Kim, LCD Soundsystem, Leila Courey, Leo Burnett Canada, Sam Cerullo, The New Pornographers, TVO, Yael Young | 1 Comment

Digging Up Elliott Smith

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Chris

Many of my contemporaries made names for themselves, and good money, shooting for record companies in the nineties. It made sense that I should go that direction too as I started out shooting musicians almost exclusively – but for a … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Behind The Scenes, On Set, Photography, Travel | Tagged Chris Buck, Dreamworks, Elliott Smith | 17 Comments

Lightning Strikes Twice

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Chris

“Don’t go to Gregory Town, that place is hell on earth!” was pretty much the first thing that she ever said to me. We met at an early meeting for a Diesel campaign that she recommended me for, and when … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Behind The Scenes, On Set, Photography, Snapshots, Uncategorized | Tagged Anomaly, Bahamas, Bartle Bogle Hegarty, Callum MacGregor, CHI and Partners, Chris Buck, ConocoPhillips, Diesel Be Stupid, Gregory Town, J. Walter Thompson, Josette Lata, Nadav Kander, Sean Murray, TBWA/ Chiat Day | Leave a comment

Make Your Face A Maynards, part 2

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Chris

Maynards Candy has staged an impressive contest to find the best Canadian face to put on one of their candies. I shot the ad campaign while in Toronto recently and that lead to them asking me to be one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Behind The Scenes, Biography, Photography, Press, Press & Media, Promotion, Travel, Videos | Tagged Annette Hamm, Bob Cowan, CH Morning Live, Chris Buck, Hamilton, Make Your Face A Maynards, Maynards | Leave a comment

Here In My Car

Posted on September 20, 2011 by Chris

As much of my advertising work has been with technology companies it was a fun change to work with The Garage Team Mazda on their latest print campaign. And, not only did they want portraits, but they looked to feature … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Behind The Scenes, Biography, On Set, Photography | Tagged Chris Buck, Citibank, Gary Numan, Harvey Marco, John Lindblom, John Schussler, Mazda, Napper Tandy, Sari Rowe, Team Garage Mazda, The Garage Team Mazda, Tom Cruise, Toshihiro Kikuchi | Leave a comment

Make Your Face A Maynards, part 1

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Chris

Maynards Candies is having a contest to “Make Your Face a Maynards.” One lucky Canadian will get 3-D rendering of their face on a Maynards candy next year. I shot the print campaign with The Hive in Toronto, doing our … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Photography, Tearsheets | Tagged Brad Van Schaik, candification, Chris Buck, Facebook, Make Your Face A Maynards, Maynards, Sour Patch Kids, The Hive | 1 Comment