Final: Mark Mann

 

    Mark Mann is from Scotland and is mostly a celebrity photographer who does real close ups portraits with very high detail and usually an artificial light to help bring out the raw features of the people he photographs. Mark now resides in New York City where he does most of his work on his own and his work often appearing in many magazines. Mark's work amazes me, which is why I chose him as my final photographer for my inspiration project. The way he gets so close to people to capture the details of their face is extraordinary and really helps capture what that person has experienced through life. 

    Looking at his portraits when i was doing research was great because you could tell through my work that he was my inspiration and just added a little features to my own. He does most of his in color, while i did all of mine in black and white. My reasoning was of how much rawer and more realistic they felt as black and white. It honestly became not a choice once I started seeing my photographs in black and white. They looked so much better, i saw no way to make any of them color. It seems we both did some postproduction work with clarity and perhaps some shadows. Artificial light is something else I noticed when looking through his work. I then started using flash in my work to get the raw lighting he was getting, and the results were great for me. Overall, Mark Mann really inspired and helped me throughout my final project and my portraits in general.