Photographer #356: Mark Squires

Mark Squires, 1971, USA, is a fashion, celebrity and portrait photographer based in New York City. He is currently working on two personal book projects entitled Girls, Girls, Girls and My Black Hat. In the beginning of 2011 he released the book Flip. The book contains snippets in time spend individually with four different women which created a certain freedom between subject and photographer. The images are sensual, playful yet elegant. Mark has worked for a large number of magazines as V Magazine, Rolling Stone and L'Uomo Vogue. He also worked with a large number of celebrities as M.I.A., Mary J. Blige, Marion Cotillard and Jack White and worked with bands as No Doubt and Die Antwoord. His photographs are stylish yet contain an element of rawness and spontaneity. The following images come from the portfolios Fashion, Celebrity/Portrait and My Black Hat.

Website: www.marksquiresphoto.com & www.marksquiresphotodiary.com

Photographer #146: Mark Peckmezian

Mark Peckmezian, 1985, Canada, recently completed his BFA at the Ryerson University in Toronto. His book Photographs & Pictures was released in June of this year by Pogobooks. Mark focuses on portraits and most of his photography is black & white. He has been featured in several magazines and was selected for the traveling Flash Forward exhibition. The first two rows of images come from his portfolio Photographs and the last row from his portfolio Pictures.

Website: www.markpeckmezian.com