Background
Mark Jacobs was born on February 23, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Mark Jacobs was born on February 23, 1951 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Since 1966 Mark Jacobs has been the owner of Foto-Tek Camera in his native city. He has also been writing books on photography for National Textbook Company since 1975. Jacobs' personal work, executed in black-and white large format, "is primarily directed at the illusion and reality of space and perception." As a researcher he is interested in the history of color processes.