Mark resumed a longstanding interest in photography after three decades in the motion picture industry. The majority of his career was spent in Los Angeles where he was involved in the supervision of photographic 'plates' for digital visual effects and their assembly, along with synthetically produced 3D computer graphic elements into finished scenes which have appeared in numerous feature film productions.

Previous to his work in digital visual effects, Mark has an extensive background in live-action production for film and television as well as motion picture optical and photographic effects. Mark began his career as a production coordinator of regional and national television commercials in Denver Colorado prior to his twenty seven years in the Los Angeles production community.

Returning to photography as his principal focus, Mark has been able to bring his many years of visual training and expertise to bear on a process which both began the 'visual revolution' and will continue to define it into the forseeable future. "Even as technology redefines the very process by which images are concieved and created, the fundamentally 'human' experience of photography will always be the relationship between the photographer and the viewer. This relationship will never be redefined by the method in which a photograph is produced".

It is because of his unique history and work experiences that Mark is firmly committed to both the future of digital photography as well as the classical processes associated with 4" X 5" photographic film, which he believes will remain a vital aspect of large format fine-art photography, and the standard by which technological advances in the process will be measured for years to come.

Mark holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in graphic design, photography and film production from the University of Michigan, where he graduated in 1975. In the course of his career, he has also done extensive study in computer graphics and animation as well as non-linear (digital) editing for film and video post-production.