Christian Maislinger was born in Austria in 1974. His first passion was sports, especially the 110-metre hurdles, but it was during his career as a professional athlete that he discovered his love for photography. In 1998 he began assisting at a well-established studio in Salzburg, focussing on analogue art photography and working for international artists and galleries such as Thaddaeus Ropac.

Christian currently runs his own studio in Salzburg and shoots advertising campaigns as well as fashion and lifestyle editorials for international clients and magazines. He recently photographed campaigns for Jette Joop, World Champion Simon Fourcade, Olympic Champion Christian Taylor and award-winning musician Keaton Henson.