Benno Schmidt, Portland Harbor by Spring HS Mark Marchesi

Mark Marchesi
Currently residing in South Portland, ME

website: http://www.markmarchesi.com

Work Statement
I have recently wrapped up shooting on a three year project titled "The Town and the City" It is inspired by Jack Kerouac's classic literary work which is set in a dying Massachusetts mill town. The novel stuck a chord and filled me with nostalgia for a time when New England mill towns thrived and the word "home" was not just a term used by developers to sell more houese. I am now beginning work on a project titled "The Maritimes" which explores the seafaring cultures of the North Atlantic and the stoic individuals who depend on commercial fishing for their livelihood. In addition, my series "Friends and Strangers" is an ongoing exercise in classical large format portrait photography.

Bio
Mark Marchesi was born in 1977 and raised in Rye, New York. He moved to Portland, Maine in 1995 to attend Maine College of Art and graduated in '99 with a BFA in photography. Mark's photos have been exhibited in group shows all around the country- most notably Unframed First Look at Sean Kelley Gallery and W Behind the Lens Competition Finalists show at Spike Gallery in 2004. In 2006 Mark received a grant from the Maine Arts Commission to support his project "The Town and the City". Currently Mark lives and works in South Portland, Maine.