Mark adams photographer biography

Mark Adams (born 1949) is one of New Zealand's most distinguished photographers.
Mark Adams is one of New Zealand's most distinguished photographers.
Mark Adams is one of New Zealand's foremost documentary photographers.

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Name

Mark Adams

Date of birth

1949

Place of birth

Christchurch/Canterbury (region)/New Zealand

Gender

Male

Biography

Mark Adams was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, and attended the Canterbury University School of Fine Arts from 1967–1970, majoring in graphic design, which enabled his access to photography. After art school, Adams became interested in painting through a long-term friendship with the artist Tony Fomison and later Theo Schoon.

Best known for his work on documenting Samoan tatau (tattooing), Maori-Pakeha interactions around Rotorua and historic sites around New Zealand, Adam's work has been extensively exhibited within New Zealand as well as Europe, Australia and South Africa. His work has also featured in Brazil's São Paulo biennale. In 1997 Adams was awarded the Southland Art Foundation Artist in Residence award.

His work is represented in most of New Zealand's major art institutions, including the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, Chartwell Collection, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Christchurch Art Gallery.

In 2009, his photographs f

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First, thank you for taking the time to visit my website. I know and respect that your time is valuable. So I will make this brief. I love taking pictures. I have been doing it since high school and can't imagine doing anything else. After studying at the Art Center College of Design, I worked in Los Angeles for several years before moving north to San Francisco.

The next chapter of my photography has begun with a move to Cleveland!

I love exploring the world around us, for you and for me. Drop me a line.

On Instagram @markadamspictures

I can be contacted directly at mark@(no more spam please) markadamspictures.com or 415-306-2170

Partial Client List-

APPLE

Target Corporation

Mattel Toys, Inc.

Walmart

DDBSF

Shrader Design

Studio One San Francisco

Asian Neighborhood Design

City of Palo Alto

Thordsen Customs

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Taking its title and from Tennyson’s poem, ‘In Memoriam’ is a series of photographs that explore mortality and landscape by responding to the ancient burial sites of Dalby Forest. The project features landscapes and collected organic objects such as driftwood and eroded rock connecting two locations - the Adderstone area of Dalby Forest and the Tynemouth coast. Like Tennyson’s poem the work meditates on life’s continuity after death and loss.

Both of the sites have historical connections with the body, burial and its associated rituals. The forest contains hidden funerary sites in the form of burial mounds, while Tynemouth Bay is one of the few registered sea burial sites in the UK. The work establishes dialogue between the shifting topographies of the forest and the eroded geological surfaces of the coast, reflecting on states of change, renewal, transience and impermanence.

Placing these oblique photographs in close proximity to forgotten, commemorative locations aims to illuminate the hidden narratives of place and histo