Mark Power
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Mark Power (born 1959) is an English photographer, born in Harpenden, England. He studied Law at University of Exeter, and traveled extensively, discovering a love for photography along his travels. Upon his return, he worked as a freelance for several UK publications and charities.
Between 2002 and 2006, Power embarked on The Shipping Forecast — a project that involved travelling to and photographing all 31 areas covered by the Shipping Forecast broadcast on BBC Radio 4. This project was published as a book and was a touring exhibition across the UK and France. He used a Volkswagen campervan as his mode of transport for the project, echoing the late Tony Ray-Jones, whose work has similarities in style and meaning to Power's.
Between 1999 and 2000, he was commissioned to document the Millennium Dome in London, a project that resulted in another touring exhibition and the accompanying book, Superstructure. Around this time his technical methods changed and he began to use color film and a large format camera.
In 2003, Power undertook another personal project, using the London A–Z map as inspiration. The work, titled 26 Different Endings, is a collection of images examining the areas on the outer boundaries of the map. The project was exhibited at the Centre of Visual Art in Brighton University, where he is a Senior Lecturer in editorial photography, and was published as a book in 2007.
Power became a nominee of Magnum Photos in 2002, an associate in 2005 and a full member in 2007 and has been a member of Network Photographers since 1999.
