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Photographer

Mark Holley
Prize

Honorable Mention
Date of Photograph

11.26.19
Technical Info

1/125, f/2.0, ISO 640
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Website

https://markholleyphoto.com/

Staircase landing at the Rookery Building, Chicago, Illinois. Designed by Daniel Burnham and John Root and completed in 1888. The building was later updated by others including Frank Lloyd Wright in 1905 and put on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1970.

Biography

Mark Holley is a Midwest-born photographer living in Los Angeles. His work is driven by ideas surrounding social interactions, self-presentation, identity, and memory. He studied painting and completed a BFA in design from Michigan State University prior to establishing a career as a graphic designer in L.A., which acted as a catalyst to engage with a photography practice. His current project, “Oceana,” is a work in progress that explores his multigenerational connection to a remote location on the West Michigan lakeshore and incorporates themes of place, time, transience, and family.
Awards

His work has been exhibited at UCR ARTS/The California Museum of Photography, The Los Angeles Center of Photography, Medium Photo Festival, Huntington Beach Art Center, LoosenArt Rome, and it has been selected for group shows by noted artists/curators including Douglas McCulloh, Crista Dix, Dr. LeRonn Brooks, Aline Smithson, Elizabeth Avedon, Bayley Mizelle, John Simmons, Ed Templeton and others. Mark’s images have appeared on Lenscratch, Artillery Magazine, and featured in the Communication Arts 2021 Photography Annual, and on LensCulture as an Editors’ Pick for the 2021-22 Street Photo Awards. Holley was the 2021 recipient of the First Place Documentary Award from the APA American Photographic Artists and earned a Director’s Award at A Smith Gallery. In 2022, The Council on Aging—Southern California awarded him First Place in the “Aging as Art” competition for an image from his “Oceana” series. Mark was a finalist in the 2022 Sienna Photo Awards.