Mark Chester has been a professional photographer since 1972. His photographs and/or feature stories have been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and The Chicago Tribune among other periodicals.
Photographs from Chester’s latest book, Twosomes, published by Un-Gyve Press in 2011, feature pairings of photographs from decades of traveling the globe. Through Chester’s photographs he has captured, in a sense, the unrelated nature of chance. The side-by-side placement of the photographs feed off of each other, and to some, might appear amusing and a bit tongue-in-cheek.
Opening Reception and Book Signing with Mark Chester will be held on Wednesday, May 30, 2012 | 5:30-7:30 PM
Thank you to all of the photographers who submitted work for the 2012 PDN Photo Annual. Congratulations to all of the photographers and creatives featured on the following pages. Every year we are amazed at the work we receive and it is an honor for us to reproduce the incredible work in this issue. The judges were faced with a difficult task in selecting this year’s winners.
Twosomes is a 2012 PDN Photo Annual winner in the Book Category. View details »
Twosomes | Urban Extensions @ URI
motionatny [Motion-At-New-York], created by New York based artist Ofill Echevarria as a part of his work as a photographer, film-maker and producer, shared these clips of Steven Pennell, curator of the exhibit, speaking at the opening reception on Gallery Night Providence:
Mark Chester’s “Twosomes” at The University of Rhode Island. Feinstein Providence Campus. Providence, RI.
As a part of “Twosomes/Urban Extensions” Features works by Mark Chester & Ofill Echevarria
Steven Pennell, Coordinator of Art and Culture at URI Speaks at the opening reception: April of 2012
One Night Stand: Photographer Mark Chester Thursday, April 26, 5:30 - 7:30 pm Admission $5; no reservations required One Night Stand, Cape Cod Museum of Art’s popular evening of art happenings, is presented monthly on the fourth Thursday. It’s a chance to experience and enjoy alternative entertainment at the museum. It’s an opportunity to meet and mingle with artists, artisans and other interesting, creative people beyond those connected with regularly scheduled exhibitions. April features Woods Hole-based photographer Mark Chester. Enjoy a fun, casual evening and chat with him about his work. His recent book, Twosomes, will be available for sale and he will be available to sign all copies. Musical entertainment by pianist Karen Kelly. Light refreshments served.
Thankfully – miraculously – I still have the energy, curiosity, and perseverance that I had when I was a twenty-something, self-taught photographer during the mid-1960s. Now, almost 67, my “modus operandi” remains unchanged.
I still think in terms of visual stories that would be fun to show and tell. My ideas still come from some magical inner source; but there’s a wellspring right in front of us everyday – in newspapers, television, the Internet, and on the street. There’s a story everywhere.
Telling them, showing them is our personal challenge.
Maybe the venues have changed through the years; online z-magazines, blogospheres and websites have replaced many of the traditional printed publications to show photography.
Nonetheless, as storytellers, we photographers need to see and think outside of the box to show our images. One unique photographer thinks out of this planet.
Jerry Uelsmann, 77, recently spoke at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts, where his exhibition, “The Mind’s Eye: 50 years of Photography,” is on display through June 30, 2012.
The exhibit features two remarkable artists in different media from different cultural worlds.
Mark Chester presents an exhibit of the photography from a lifetime of travel across the globe captivatingly presented in pairs of seemingly unrelated images which bare remarkable relationships, they engage in a dialogue on the wall.
Ofill Echevarria, Cuban-American painter and multimedia artist captures realistic images from urban life that explore the world beneath and beyond the surface in a dynamic dialogue with the soul.
For that last couple of years taking a look at Personal Projects from our members has been a rewarding and popular event. We have seen travel, documentary, and inspirational work from our amazing colleagues. We’d love to continue this tradition this year with another evening of personal projects.
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ASMP New England Chapter — Personal Projects: Keeping it Local
This year ASMP New England will be featuring the work of the following members at our ‘Personal Projects’ event at EP Levine’s from 7:00-9:00pm on Tuesday, April 10th. Framed works will be on display in Levine’s new gallery space for viewing before the presentations. Come show your support and see what your ASMP colleagues have been up to!
Here is an example of what is being presented.
Scott Indermaur, “Revealed”
Peter Vanderwarker, “Hanoi Breaking Loose”
Linda Hirsch, “CUBA, Threads of Hope & Renewal”
Mark Chester, “Twosomes”
The news that 271 works by Picasso valued at nearly $80 million recently discovered in an electrician’s garage, shocked the art world. Then there was the art fiasco that left egg tempera on the face of funnyman and serious art collector Steve Martin when his German painting was discovered a forgery.
The art business can be rough and tough. It’s a big business too.
“So Big!” was even the title of an exhibition at the Cotuit Center for the Arts earlier this year on Cape Cod.
I’ve been fortunate to have photographed some big time artists over the years: sculptor Robert Arneson, courtroom illustrator Howard Brodie, bigger-than-life storyteller in stone Korczak Ziolkowski, photographers Gordon Parks and Richard Avedon.
Co|So Offsite Exhibitions: Mark Chester at Pigalle
25 Feb – 23 Aug 2012
The Copley Society of Art is proud to present a new off-site exhibition space at Pigalle, a Parisian restaurant in Boston’s Theatre district located at 75 Charles Street, currently featuring photographs by Mark Chester. Chester documents humanity in black and white with well judged comic timing. Chester’s ironic and interesting photographs have been published in numerous publications around the nation including the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune.
MARK CHESTER former Director of Photography and staff photographer ASCAP, NYC. His work is in the permanent collections of museums and galleries nationwide.
