Jump to content

Chrystal Callahan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Canadian Fashion Model.
Chrystal Callahan.

Chrystal Callahan, is a Toronto-born American Canadian visual artist, photographer, journalist and fashion model.

Career

[edit]

In 2015, Callahan released the photo series, "The Dirty War - Selfies of Terrorism, Virtue and Covert Sexuality"[1] Archived 2015-04-02 at the Wayback Machine which appeared in ELLE Magazine.[1] Callahan works in series, typically photographing herself in a range of attires and props. She shoots her photos alone in her studio, embracing various roles as the subject, director, hair & make-up artist, stylist, model and photographer.

Callahan began hosting Highlights of the Week with Chrystal Callahan in June, 2009. It was a subtitled English-language television show in Russia's North Caucasus Republic of Chechnya.

In 2008, Callahan wrote, produced and directed Greco Roman Grozny, a film about three teens attempting to escape war torn Chechnya through competitive Greco Roman wrestling. [2]

In July 2010, Callahan launched a new program called "Chechnya Through The Eyes of Chrystal Callahan". It is focused on travel / tourist destinations in the Chechen Republic, Islam and Chechen Culture.

Callahan has been dubbed the "Maverick Model". She embarked on a singing career under the stage name of KRISTALL and became a popstar in the North Caucasus. She performed songs in the Russian and Chechen language.[3]

Criticism and praise

[edit]

Callahan has had some criticism for working in Chechnya. Critics see her as a supporter of pro-Russian Chechen president Ramzan Kadyrov and accuse her of being a propaganda tool for the Chechen government. Callahan has been compared to Walter Duranty, the British journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize in 1932 for a set of stories written in 1931 on the Soviet Union.[3][4] CNN featured Callahan in the summer of 2010 and credited her as being a symbol of stability and peace after years of conflict in the unstable region.[3][1] [5][4][6][7]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Rebecca Moss (20 January 2015). "Chrystal Callahan's 'The Dirty War' Photo Project". ELLE.
  2. ^ "Greco-Roman Grozny (2008)". IMDb. 15 June 2008.
  3. ^ a b c "Canadian model finds fame in Chechnya". cnn.com.
  4. ^ a b Bigg, Claire (14 January 2010). "Canadian Model Unlikely New Face Of Chechen TV". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty.
  5. ^ "Canadian model finds fame in Chechnya". cnn.com.
  6. ^ "Toronto model the beautiful face of a beastly regime". thestar.com. 9 August 2009.
  7. ^ "Canadian Model Hosts a News Show in Chechnya". The Huffington Post. 13 July 2009.
[edit]