born in norfolk in 1971 and raised in a creative environment, marcus has been interested in visual art & design for a number of years. currently employed as a drawing office manager, his past jobs include cad operator, motorsport livery designer, freelance website designer and technical illustrator. in july 2004 whilst looking for a new outlet to express himself, marcus spent his work bonus on his first 'proper' camera, an olympus om40. enrolling on a level 2 city & guilds evening course and passing each module with distinctions saw marcus's work evolve from shop processed colour 'snaps' to hand-printed black & white images.
bowing to the inevitable, marcus now shoots digital with an olympus dslr. still working exclusively in mono, he has found the new technology is allowing his photography to flourish. combining a traditional approach, such as the use of graduated filters and a film inspired shooting discipline, with the latest post-processing techniques including HDR, marcus's images have a darker, forboding edge not normally seen in landscape photography. the recent aquisition of a 10-stop filter has bought added tension and drama, with time captured and presented to the viewer in a way not possible to perceive with the naked eye.
marcus's subject of choice is the landscape of his native norfolk. concentrating on nature and also focusing on mans inability to harness and control it, marcus introduces an original view of a much-photographed and beautiful county. this approach is being realised in two major projects; 'arboria', a study on trees and 'relictus', the exploration of the ruined and ancient churches of norfolk and beyond. |
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