Mark Raymond Mason
Mark Raymond’s pictures are quite abstracted. Pretty much all of his work is landscape. It’s all very vibrant and colourful, although I do love a nice black and white, I love colour in photographs, it makes me feel happy and I can more fully appreciate the scene they are capturing, it just feels more real to me. There is a lot of texture in his images, such as old peeling paint, burnt plaster and cracked soil. He has won two awards and had nine exhibitions, three of which have been solo exhibitions. Raymond’s work is very earthy, natural, it doesn’t look like there has been too much editing done to his images, except for maybe colour changes and the usual brightness/contrast, blur and sharpen.
Burnt Plaster, Paper | Calgary, AB | Urban Portfolio |
This is a lot going on in this photo! Different colours and textures keeping you busy. This photo has quite a high level of abstraction. Raymond does not specify the brand or model of camera he uses but in the Q&A part of his website, he states that he has only recently started using digital cameras and up until 2010 most of his portfolios had been shot on film. I thought that was interesting. The lighting in the image is very natural and there are a lot of shapes and lines in the photo making it complex to view.
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