Artist Statement
My continual experimentation with different cameras and different film formats led to the creation of my own unique cameras. The fractured imagery reminds us of the limitations of the medium and the limitations of our own memories. We cannot capture a complete moment of time with a photograph, just as we can never remember a complete moment of time accurately. Humans can only remember bits and pieces of a moment, and as time moves on biases and changed perspectives cloud that vision. Process Statement
All images are shot on multiple rolls of film simultaneously. All toned silver gelatin prints are made from unaffected negatives. The coloration is made through the use of archival toners. The chemical reactions result in a more stable compound, increasing the longevity of the print and creating the colors perceived. The Chromogenic prints are created by hand processed film. The original Chromogenic prints are then made optically and then scanned and printed through commercial Chromogenic means.

 

 

Mark Eshbaugh has been a working photographer for twenty years. He began photographing in 1992. He has a Bachelors of Fine Art degree in Photography graduating Magna Cum Laude from University of Massachusetts- Lowell on a merit scholarship and the Rubello Memorial Art Scholarship. He has a Masters of Fine Art degree in Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design where he attended on the M. Curtis Propes Fellowship and Richard J. Clemente Memorial Scholarship. Mark has taught photography and graphic arts for twelve years. He has taught at Bridgewater State University, Montserrat College of Art, the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and Anna Maria College. He has also taught several workshops in the United States, Mexico and Europe.

Mark has exhibited his images in over twenty solo exhibitions and approximately one hundred group exhibitions worldwide. He has given public lectures on his photography in galleries, museums and on television. His images have been featured in numerous publications, including textbooks such as Robert Hirsch’s Photographic Possibilities 3rd Edition, Exploring Color Photography, 5th Edition and Angela Faris-Belt’s text Elements of Photography by Focal Press, several periodicals like B&W Magazine, Photographer’s Forum, Pinhole Journal and Hayden’s Ferry Review. He is the author of several books including his text on Alternative Photography Processes as well as several monographs of his images.

Mark’s work has been shown in museums and galleries around the globe including the Helsinki Museum of Photography, The Worcester Art Musuem, James McNeill Whistler House Museum, the Lancaster Museum of Art, Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul, Turkey, Ecole D’ Arts Appliqué in Vevey, Switzerland, and the University of Notre Dame among many others. He was selected by the Lowell Spinners (Boston Red Sox Single A affiliate) as a Distinguished Citizen representing his home town of Chelmsford in 2009.

Mark has received awards in a number of exhibitions including the XLIII Gaudi Medal from the Municipal Photographic Library of Reus, Spain in 2003. Mark’s images are included in several private and public collections including Municipal Photographic Library of Rues, Spain, the Helsinki Museum of Photography and the Savannah College of Art and Design among many others. His alma mater the University of Massachusetts Lowell named him their 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient.

 

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