Photographer Research

Mark Seliger is a famous photographer who was born in Amarillo, Texas in 1959. He began photographing in high school at a visual arts high school in Houston. Later on he started taking pictures of the Rolling Stones. Later he began taking pictures of bigger celebrities in a contemporary style. He is famous for his studio in an empty elevator shaft. He feels that photographing people against the brick wall in his studio reveals deeper elements of themselves. He has had major contributions that include several books like “When They Came to Take My Father” and “In My Stairwell”. He has also co-directed music videos, commercials, and short films. And has won several awards. His influences include; Deborah Feingold, Jan Groover, and George Hurrel who are photographers who he assisted. Critics name him as a “well ordered and directed” man. We conclude that Mark Seliger is a good photographer and the fact that he can use such a little studio and still come out with amazing pictures.