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Mark Maio
Mark Maio was born on August 18, 1955 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and currently divides his time between Atlanta, Georgia and the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He has an Associate and Applied Science in Technical Photography, a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Photography, a Master of Arts in Humanities and a Master of Fine Arts in Photography and Communication Design. In over 40 years working in the field of biomedical photography he has held positions as Director of Ophthalmic Photography at Emory University, Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at the State University of New York at Buffalo where he instituted the only Bachelor of Science degree program in ophthalmic photography and Adjunct Professor of Photography in the Biomedical Photography program at Rochester Institute of Technology where he helped institute their elective track in ophthalmic photography.
In 1999 he developed the first high-resolution digital imaging system in ophthalmology and has continued working in the commercial sector since then, currently as Vice President of Sales and Global Product Development for SpringVision Biomed based in Haifa, Israel. His photographic work is equally divided between ophthalmology and fine art and has been exhibited in museums and galleries across the country in addition to being included in many public and private collections. In 2008, a (12) print portfolio of his “Against the Grain” series was purchased by the Georg Eastman House International Museum of Photography for their permanent collection.
Mark’s “Against the Grain” project is scheduled in 2024 as an exhibition, book and PBS program opening at the Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY. Mark’s “The Ghosts of Silo City” project is scheduled to be published in LensWork magazine in November 2022 and a curated book of images done by attendees of his Silo City Photography Workshop will also be published in 2022. Mark conducts workshops each year based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.
For more information about the workshop or Mark’s other projects, please see: www.markmaio.com
The work of Mark Maio is featured in these exhibitions.
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Southern Exposures
Contrasts
The work of Mark Maio is featured in these Theme Collections.
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American South
Animals
Environment – B&W
Landscape – B&W
Portraiture – Male
Studies of Light – B&W
Urban Landscapes – B&W
Mark Maio - Speaking @ Booth Museum
Photographic Life Lessons
Saturday March 9, 2019. Mark discussed how each half of his photographic life contributed to the photographic life lessons that have shaped his vision and voice. His presentation looked beyond the equipment and software used to make photographs and helped find what photographers are trying to say with them.
This would also be an excellent opportunity to see the current exhibition at the Booth entitled: “Bob Kolbrener: 50 Years in the West”. Bob studied and worked with Ansel Adams and is a master of traditional silver gelatin photography.
Mark Maio • International Images for Science Exhibition
Augusta GA, Georgia Regents University
October 22 – November 30, 2014
Mark Maio’s image: 20/20, shown to the right, was selected for the exhibition International Images for Science. The exhibition is organized by the Royal Photographic Society. The RPS is the world’s oldest photographic society, in continual existence since its foundation in 1853.
The exhibition of 100 stunning prints, showcases an extraordinary variety of scientific photography– images that explore worlds we can only imagine, or that are used as tools in everyday life in medicine, engineering and other related fields, done in a way that informs, questions and inspires.
Exhibition previously toured Europe with stops in the Royal Albert Hall in London, ArtCell Gallery in Cambridge, and Padova Italy.
Complete details at the RPS website.
Mark Maio Featured In LensWork
Mark Maio stunning photography documenting grain scoopers in the Buffalo New York area is the subject of his series: “Against the Grain”.
This work is featured in LensWork #90, an audio interview and 46 images from the project are included in the multimedia computer disc Extended Version of the magazine, while a one page overview is in the printed version. For more information select this link to go to the LensWork site
Mark’s work was featured in the 2008 Lumière exhibition Southern Exposures. Mark is a master of the technical aspects of the recording and printing photographs that capture the subtlety and power of light, his work is in the permanent collection of the George Eastman House.
Mark Maio: Artist Talk & Gallery Tour
August 9, 2008
Lumière
Mark Maio: With photographs in the permanent collection of the George Eastman House and a new book in the publication process, Mark Maio’s work ranges from moving color images of the American West to insightful black and white interpretations of the changing environment of the new South. He is a master of the technical aspects of the recording and printing of pictures that capture the subtlety and power of light.
