Hello, I'm Chad Ingraham, and I run Context Media Inc.
I’m an Asian Academy Award winning Director of Photography on a lifelong mission to inspire audiences through the power of visual storytelling. My goal is to breathe life into people’s personal stories, through their every trials and triumphs, in hopes of evoking a sense of unshakable solidarity and compassion in others. In everything that I do, it is my aspiration to instigate a ripple effect of positive change into the future by creating a more empathetic world today.
Over the course of a decade, I have gained extensive industry experience, with a specialty in portrait photography and adventure travel film making. To date, I’ve had the opportunity to photograph some of China’s most prominent public figures, including Jack Ma whose picture was featured on the cover of Forbes Magazine (my claim to fame) and Yao Ming for the Wall Street Journal. I've also worked as the Director of Photography for all 4 seasons of "Extreme Treks" on BBC Earth which has taken me to 16 countries and to the summits of Kilimanjaro, Elbrus, and Aconcagua (3 of the famous "Seven Summits") and earned me the Asian Academy Creative Award for best cinematography.
My affinity for the arts began at the age of 14, when my father gave me his old Pentax SLR that was always just out of reach in his closet. From that point forward, cameras and I have been inseparable.
After a decade-long residency, from 2004 - 2016 in Shanghai, China, I relocated to Dubai which I used as a home base until 2021.
One thing the covid-19 pandemic made abundantly clear to me is how valuable time is and how special it is to share it with family. That’s why, in 2021, I moved back to my hometown of Fredericton, New Brunswick where I established Context Media Inc. to continue my work in visual storytelling.
Outside of capturing unique stories through a camera lens, I’m an avid outdoorsman. Mountain climbing and camping help me recharge my batteries so I can get back into the creative game more refreshed than ever. Nature really is the ultimate artist’s muse.
You can reach me using the form on this page.