“I approach my subjects - not to capture a single defining image, but instead - by taking dozens, sometimes hundreds of photographs from which I will assemble into a single story.
Taken over time and from slightly different angles the results are sometimes subtle but often disjointed and abstracted. The images combine, imperfectly, calling the viewer’s attention to the many details that make up the overall story.
I like to think of myself as a storyteller. For nearly four decades I have been telling my stories primarily through films and videos as a director, cinematographer and editor. To me, my photographic collages are merely an extension of filmmaking. I shoot many images of my subject and later go into the edit room and compose a story around all my footage. Inspired by David Hockney's 1980's polaroid works, collage photography gives me a satisfying, near-cinematic experience of creating my subjects using time and motion that I could never achieve in just a single image. These are some of those works I've made over the last twenty years. I hope you enjoy and thank you for visiting.”
As a New York City based producer/director and an Alumni at NYU’s Graduate Film School program, Mark founded and has maintained Lumina Films for the last 25 years. Creating global content for a diverse collection of clients including CNN, A&E, BBC4, HBO, IBM and many others. With Mark at the helm, this boutique filmmaker's production & editorial company has developed award winning content from narrative feature films, documentaries, commercials, music videos and industrials collecting over 45 awards for his outstanding work along the way.
Mark’s passion for filmmaking and producing quality, commercial entertainment content began under the tutelage of Martin Scorsese during his film studies at NYU and his films have been showcased at the Museum of Modern Art and festivals worldwide.
Mark splits his time between New York City and Highland, NY in the Hudson Valley with his wife, Yancey, a renowned gallerist in modern and contemporary photography.
