Artist information

Mark’s Art Bio

Childhood. First camera. College. 35mm SLR. Engineering degree. Marriage. Work. Serious interest in photography. Back to college to study art. View cameras. Medium format cameras. Sensitometry. Lots of time in the darkroom. Technique. Art history. Graphic design. Degree in Design. Back to work to earn a living. Limited time for serious photography. Daughters. Snapshots of family. More earning a living. Renewed interest in photography. Dusted off old cameras. Film scans. Inkjet prints. New digital cameras. Renewed personal satisfaction from making and sharing images.

Artist statement

When I photograph, I try to find ways to view common scenes in uncommon ways. Much of my work has a somewhat documentary feel. But I also enjoy capturing abstract details, wider views which have an abstract quality to them and diptychs (two related views of a scene). In addition, I’ve also started playing around with panoramic photos, capturing a sequence of images and stitching them together.

Process

I use digital cameras and try to use a tripod whenever possible. I spend a lot of time composing each shot, almost like I’m using a view camera. I believe in capturing images using the camera’s Raw format, to start with the highest possible quality. I use Photoshop on Macs to process the images, and make my prints on Epson printers.

Editions

Prints that I make which are larger than 13×19″ may be limited editions. All smaller prints are open editions.

Prints

Unsigned prints in various sizes (including mattted & framed prints) may be available in the near future from commercial print sources. Contact me if you’re interested.

Also contact me if you would like me to personally make you a print and sign it. I make my prints in the following standard sizes (archival pigment ink on paper, unmatted & unframed):

6×8″ or 6×9″ image on 8.5×11″ paper: $40
10×15″, 11×16.5″ or 12×16″ image on 13×19″ paper: $80

I’m still thinking about standard sizes and pricing for panoramic images. Contact me if you’re interested or have some suggestions.

The shipping cost for prints I make is $7 via USPS Priority Mail. Prints made on paper sizes up to 11″x14″ will be shipped flat; larger prints will be shipped in a tube.

Print authenticity

I sign & date the prints that I make in pencil on the reverse side. Prints of my images made by commercial services are not signed.

Rights-managed usage

Exhibits

2007

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH – “27th Annual Parfitt Memorial Juried Photography Exhibit” juried group show

2006

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH – “7th Annual Joan L. Dunfey Memorial Juried Competition, 2003” juried group show

2005

Mount Sunapee Resort, Newbury, NH – NH Art Association group show at the “72nd Annual League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s Fair” Prescott Park, Portsmouth, NH – “Prescott Park Arts Festival Juried Exhibition” juried group show

2004

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH – “25th Annual Parfitt Memorial Juried Photography Exhibit” juried group show Mount Sunapee Resort, Newbury, NH – NH Art Association group show at the “71st Annual League of New Hampshire Craftsmen’s Fair”

2003

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH – “4th Annual Joan L. Dunfey Memorial Juried Competition, 2003” juried group show Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH – “24th Annual Parfitt Memorial Juried Photography Exhibit” juried group show

2002

Robert Lincoln Levy Gallery, Portsmouth, NH – “23rd Annual Parfitt Memorial Juried Photography Exhibit” juried group show

1977

Photo World Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI – “Ann Arbor Photographers” juried show Slusser Gallery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI – “Senior art students” group show