My art explores Time, Space, Light and Form in photography. By playing with the dimensional qualities of the photographic surface and opening up visual depth to the viewer, my work asks questions about what is being seen, how things might appear and how we negotiate, interpret and give meaning. Utilising various techniques and skills in the production of my work including darkroom, analogue and digital photography, my large-scale works highlight the presence of the photograph as a physical object in the digital era. Working in the dead of the winter night, I placed photographic light-sensitive paper in, behind and around objects, nooks and openings found within the landscape. I then use the flash of a Polaroid camera to expose the composition onto the paper. The resulting images were developed in my home darkroom. The Polaroid photograph documents both the place and the process of creating each work.

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About
Mark graduated from Edinburgh College of Art with a BA Hons in Fine Art Photography. He exhibits nationally and internationally. Awards include Streetlevel Photoworks FutureProof, D&AD Photography Award and Society Scottish Artists Professional member. His work is in the University of Edinburgh Art collection, Ramsey Cornish art collection and Tate Modern digital Collection. Recently moving from the busyness of the city, Glasgow, he is now currently based on the Black Isle in the highlands of Scotland, focusing his work towards more analogue techniques.

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