Mark Cohen

Background

Mark Cohen was born on August 24, 1943 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States.

Education

Mark Cohen studied at Pennsylvania State University, University Park (1961-1963), and at Wilkes College, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1963-1965).

Career

Mark Cohen opened a commercial photo studio in 1966. The majority of the photography for which Cohen is known is shot in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area (also known as the Wyoming Valley), a historic industrialized region of northeastern Pennsylvania. Characteristically Mark Cohen photographs people close-up, using a wide-angle lens and a flashgun, mostly in black and white, frequently cropping their heads from the frame, concentrating on small details. He has used 21 mm, 28 mm and 35 mm focal length, wide-angle, lenses and later on 50 mm. In 2013 he moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Achievements

• Mark Cohen is the recipient of two Guggenheim Grants and his work is in the collections of major museums from the U.S. to Japan. His most recent retrospective in 2013 at Le Bal in Paris and the accompanying publication "Dark Knees" were singled out by critics around the world as outstanding achievements in photography.

Works

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  • Grim Street 2005
  • Mark Cohen: Dark Knees 2014
  • True Color 2007

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