Rudkøbing/Langeland

Chresten har arbejdet med fotografi i mere end 45 år. I 1970’erne og 1980’erne fotograferede han blandt andet for forlag som Unge Pædagoger og Munksgaard. Sideløbende har undervisning – blandt andet i fotografi – samt uddannelsesforskning og ledelse været hans professionelle virke.

Gennem sit arbejde og på talrige rejser har fotografiet fulgt ham, og han har fotograferet mennesker, bygninger og steder både i Danmark og i udlandet. Siden 2011 har fotografiet været hans primære beskæftigelse.

Chresten has worked with photography for more than 45 years. During the 1970s and 1980s, he photographed for publishers including Unge Pædagoger and Munksgaard. Alongside photography, his professional career has encompassed teaching – including photography – as well as educational research and management.

Throughout his work and extensive travels, photography has remained a constant companion, and he has photographed people, buildings and places both in Denmark and abroad. Since 2011, photography has been his primary occupation.