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 Quote:
"Now that everyone in the developed world seems to own some form of
camera, a different space has opened for documentary photographers.
It's a space free from specific events, where there are different
expectations, where it is first and foremost about ideas. Now we can
all take pictures, with varying degrees of consistency, more than
ever before it's about what we do with photography."
Mark Power joined Magnum Photos in 2002 and became a Member in 2007.
Mark Power
British, b. 1959
As a child Mark Power discovered his father's home-made enlarger in
the family attic, a contraption consisting of an upturned flowerpot,
a domestic light bulb and a simple camera lens. His interest in
photography probably began at this pivotal moment, although he later
chose to study painting and drawing instead. He 'became a
photographer' (somewhat accidentally) in 1983, and worked in the
editorial and charity markets for nearly ten years, before he began
teaching in 1992. This move coincided with a shift towards
long-term, self-initiated projects, which now sit comfortably
alongside a number of large-scale commissions in the industrial
sector.
Power's work has been seen in numerous solo and group exhibitions
across the world and he has published four books: The Shipping
Forecast (1996), Superstructure (2000), The Treasury Project (2002)
and 26 Different Endings (2007). He is Professor of Photography at
the University of Brighton.
Mark Power joined Magnum Photos in 2002.
Awards
2001 Terence Donovan Award for British Photography
1997 Leica Oskar Barnack Award (Special Jury Prize)
1996 Mosaique European Photography Award
1995 Yann Geffroy International Documentary Prize, Grazia Neri Photo
Agency
1986 The Photographers' Gallery Award, London, UK
Exhibitions
2005 A System of Edges - Centre of Visual Art, Brighton, UK
2002 The Treasury Project - Zelda Cheatle Gallery, London, UK
2001/02 Dome – Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York City, USA; Centro
Cultural Pasaje
Dardo Rocha, La Plata, Argentina; Conjunto Cultural da Caixa,
Brasilia, Brazil;
Centro da Artes da Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil;
Culturgest, Lisbon, Portugal
2000 Taming the Sea Monster/Buren – Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam,
Netherlands
1998/02 Dome - Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, USA; Centro
Cultural
Recoleta, Buenos Aires, Argentina; CGD, Lisbon, Portugal; Ferens Art
Gallery,
Hull, UK; Aberystwyth Art Gallery, Aberystwyth, UK; Impressions Art
Gallery,
York, UK; Museo Municipal de Artes Visuales, Santa Fe, Argentina;
Museo Emilio Caraffa, Cordoba, Argentina; Fotogaleria de Biblioteca
Rivadavia,
Bahia Clanca, Argentina;
1997/99 The Shipping Forecast - Brighton Museum and Art Gallery,
Brighton, UK;
Plymouth Arts Center, Plymouth, UK; Foundation Gallery, London, UK
Centre
Atlantique de la Photographie, Brest, France
Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain, London, UK
British Council, London, UK
Citibank, Inc., New York, USA
Dow Jones, New York, USA
Econtros de Fotografia, Coimbra, Portugal
Freshfields, Inc., New York, USA
Fundaciao Almeida, Evora, Portugal
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Seagram, London, UK
Sun Life Collection, National Museum of Photography, Film and
Television, Bradforfd, UK
University of Brighton, Brighton, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Books
2002 The Treasury Project, Photoworks, UK
1998 Superstructure, Harper Collins Illustrated, UK
1996 The Shipping Forecast, Zelda Cheatle Press, UK |
