Background
Mark Denton was born in Lincoln in 1971 but moved to Sunderland, North East England at the age of three, living there until studying at university.
Mark Denton was born in Lincoln in 1971 but moved to Sunderland, North East England at the age of three, living there until studying at university.
He graduated in humanities from the University of Humberside (now the University of Lincoln) in 1994 and worked in various roles for United Kingdom booksellers Waterstone"s including a spell as manager of the branch in Scarborough.
He is best known for using a Fujifilm panoramic film camera and producing images using the 6×17 film format. Choosing the panoramic photography format favoured by Scottish photographer Colin Prior, he initially set out on a project to record the Yorkshire coast. After producing his own range of postcards the project eventually became a book entitled The Yorkshire Coast published by Frances Lincoln in 2006 including texts written by local author Graham Taylor.
A second book quickly followed from publishers Constable & Robinson with the title London – The Panoramas and a third book covering the English Lake District was published in September 2007 with text from mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington.
A second volume of Yorkshire work was published in November 2007, entitled The Yorkshire Moors and Wolds. He is currently working on a 400-page work on England due for publication in September 2009, and sponsored by the publisher Constable & Robinson.
A self-made film documenting parts of the project is also in the offing.
