Award-winning Atlanta photographer Chris Rank has had his work featured in, among other publications, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Money, Details, The Sporting News, Guideposts, The Detroit Free Press, The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times. Formerly with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Rank worked for Sports Illustrated during the 1996 Olympic Games. In addition to extensive location shooting in North America, Rank has also completed successful shoots in France, Spain, Romania, Costa Rica and Brazil. He has assisted legendary National Geographic photographer Joe McNally. In 2007, Rank was honored with a first place award in documentary photography by the New York Association of Black Journalists. A gallery in Paris subsequently offered prints of the award-winning image, from the funeral of music legend James Brown. Rank holds a Master of Science in photography from Syracuse University, where he was an adjunct professor of graphic design. He was also awarded a Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography from the University of Georgia.