Born to a Polish family in London, he studied photography at the London College of Printing,

then came to Poland for a few months in 1973 and has remained there ever since.

He has always worked as a freelancer; in the early 1980s, he collaborated with the American weekly "Newsweek" and, from 1985, as a contract photographer for "Time" magazine. He reported on events in Eastern and Central Europe, the Soviet Union, and the Balkans for "Time" magazine. He also worked for several years for the German weekly "Der Spiegel."

He witnessed the formation of the independent trade union "Solidarity" during the strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdańsk in 1980, as well as the imposition of martial law in Poland in December 1981, and later documented the fall of communism in 1989.

In 1986, he won an award in the World Press Photo competition for his portrait of Hungarian leader Janos Kádár.

Four albums of his photography have been published in Poland: "PRL. Props" (BOSZ 2004), "13/12. Poland under Martial Law" (Edipresse 2006), "In Your Face" (Edition Fototapeta 2011), and "Chris Niedenthal. Selected Photographs 1973-1989." His autobiography, "Chris Niedenthal. Profession: Photographer" (Marginesy), was published in 2011.

For many years, he has been creating a series of photographs of children with intellectual disabilities, which he has presented at exhibitions in numerous cities in Poland and abroad (including "Taboo. Portraits of the Unportraited," "We Are Working," and "Letters to My Son").

He lives in Warsaw.

For detailed information about his photography, please contact the gallery.