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Mark Abrahams (born 1958) is an American fashion and portrait photographer known for his raw, black-and-white celebrity portraits. [1] His work has been featured in Bazaar, [2] Glamour, GQ , The New York Times Magazine , [3] V, Vanity Fair, and Vogue. [4] [5] [6]
Born in Santa Ana, California, Abrahams discovered photography after receiving a Nikon FM camera. In the 1980s, he worked as a truck driver while developing film in a darkroom he set up at home. [7] [8] By the 1990s, he began photographing musicians and supermodels, with his work appearing in international editions of Vogue and GQ. [8] [9]
Abrahams' work has appeared in Harper's Bazaar, Glamour , GQ, Vanity Fair, Interview Magazine, and more. In 2015, he photographed Sharon Stone and Allison Williams for Harper's Bazaar. [10] [11] He has contributed over 630 editorial photographs featured in various fashion magazines and journals. [12] He explains that in his portrait and editorial work, “The intent of it is to strip away all the norms and expectations and get to the heart of the matter." [3]
Abrahams has photographed celebrities such as Julianne Moore, George Clooney, and Michelle Obama. [4] [5] [9] [13] He has worked on campaigns for brands like L'Oreal (featuring Susan Sarandon), [14] [15] [16] Avon, [17] Neiman Marcus, [18] Converse, [19] Warner Brother's Pictures, [20] Barclay's Bank, [21] and Omega. [22] [23] His work has been exhibited internationally, including the Jaguar Summer Museum in Moscow in an exhibition "Two Colors". [24] [25]
In 2011, Abrahams released a book of black-and-white portraits, Mark Abrahams, which was launched by Annie Lebovitz. [8] [26] [27] [28] [29] "Annie said that when she looks at [his] images, she sees the person and not the celebrity". [29]
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