Mark is a photographer based near London, UK. His studies have taken him from engineering to researching complex ecosystems. His images document stories about the environment and sustainability, and those working to find solutions to our current challenges.
Recent projects explore the climate crisis and the importance of sharing, repair and reuse as a response to waste and to creating a more sustainable future. As part of the repair project he ran a campaign to inform councils, local authorities and government on the importance of supporting sharing and repair. His work is also used to support repair advocacy events.
He is currently working on a long-term project to study Europe’s enclaves, as examples of people working together across national boundaries.
He has been published online and in print in various major newspapers and magazines (including BBC News, the 'I" newspaper, Observer, Zeke, La Repubblica). His work has shown at festivals and exhibitions in UK, Italy, Netherlands and USA (including PhotoVille). Mark is a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society (FRPS). He is currently Chair of the Documentary group of the Royal Photographic Society and a member of The Photobook Club Collective.Awards and Competitions:
2024 - Open ECO, PhotoFringe, Brighton
2023 - Shortlisted - RPS IPE 165, series 'asymmetries'
2022 - Shortlisted - Ethical Photography Festival, Lodi, Italy
2022 - Shortlisted - RPS IPE164, series 'unbroken'
2022 - Zeke 2022 Award for Systemic Change - Honourable Mention
2021 - Photofusion/Salon21 - Glover Rayner Prize Shortlisted
2021 - Shortlisted - RPS IPE163
2020 - Siena International Photo Awards - winner Remarkable Artwork Story
2020 - Urban 2020, DotART, Trieste - finalist and exhibition
2019 - Shutter Hub Street / Form - selected and exhibition
2018 - Shortlisted - RPS IPE161
2018 - Sony World Photography Awards 2018 - commended
2018 - Life Framer - An Instant - winner
2017 - Shortlisted - RPS IPE160
2017 - Magnum Swap Shop - selected
2017 - RPS Biennial Exhibition - selected and exhibition
2016 - London Salon - selected and exhibition
2015 - RPS Documentary Photographer of the Year - overall winner
2013 - RPS Documentary Photographer of the Year - runner up
Exhibitions, Talks and Events:
2024 - Sustainable London, RPS London, Four Corners Gallery, London E2 (6-9 November)
2024 - unbroken.solutions - No.1 Church Lane, London E11 (14-27 October)
2024 - unbroken.solutions - Open ECO 2024 - Photo Fringe, Brighton (October)
2024 - unbroken.solutions - Talk - Riverfront, Newport, Wales (17 September)
2023 - unbroken.solutions - Dead Spaces, London (November)
2023 - unbroken.solutions - Int. Repair Day, Chesterton, Cambridge (October)
2023 - unbroken.solutions - Fixfest, Cardiff, Wales
2023 - ‘Fracture’ Photo Masterclass Collective, Gibellina, Sicily, ITALY
2023 - unbroken.solutions - Sustainability Day, Hackney Service Centre
2023 - unbroken.solutions - Made in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland
2022 - SDN Sustainable Solutions at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, NY USA
2022 - unbroken - Repair is Essential - Islington Climate Centre
2022 - Repair is Essential, Pavements, Chesterfield
2022 - SDN Sustainable Solutions at Umbrella Centre, Concord, MA USA
2022 - SDN/Zeke Award for Systemic Change, at Photoville, Brooklyn, NY USA
2022 - Repair is Essential - at EcoVillage, Market Harborough
2021 - Repair is Essential - at the Tabernacle W11, London
2021 - Northern Eye, PechaKucha talk - Unbroken, Oriel, Colwyn Bay, Wales
2021 - Salon/21 - PhotoFusion, London
2020 - Urban 2020, - a world apart; they are the same, dotArt, Trieste, ITALY
2019 - PhotoForum, London (talk)
2019 - Sustainable Innovation, pop up Exhibition at UCA
2019 - ShutterHub Street / form, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS
2018 - Sony World Photography Awards, London
2017 - PhotoScratch, London - project preview of Reparaçion
2017 - Magnum Swap Shop - thePrintSpace, London
2017 - RPS Biennial Exhibition - touring, various UK locations
2016 - The London Salon - touring, various UK locations
2015 - RPS Documentary Photographer of the Year Exhibition, London
Publications and Media:
2024 - 'unbroken.solutions' distributed to additional UK councils and new government ministers - July
2024 - The Observer Magazine - ‘The great DIY revival’ - 16 June
2023 - The Big Issue - Most Brits bin electrical items if they break. These ‘magic’ Repair Cafés are trying to change that - 21 Oct 2023
2023 - 'act now' zine published as part of public campaign on repair
2023 - 'unbroken.solutions' book published and distributed to campaign to 260 UK councils, devolved government and local authorities
2022 - RPS Journal - Vol 162/6 - Nov/Dec 2022 - Members Award
2022 - Loupe Magazine online - unbroken project and interview
2022 - BBC News - The rise of repairing: Why more of us are trying to fix things - 11 Aug
2022 - Zeke (USA) - Unbroken - Repair is Essential - Spring 2022
2021 - ITV London News - London, let's fix laptops for lockdown - 15 Jan
2021 - Daily Mirror - Charities forced to plug school laptop shortage gap so pupils are not left without - 12 Jan
2020 - The Times - Young are learning to repair gadgets to save the environment and cut waste - 1 Dec
2020 - URBAN unveils the City and its secrets - Vol. 06 (Italy)
2020 - Evening Standard - DIY community tech projects helping Londoners make gadgets last longer and cut e-waste - 28 Sep
2020 - BBC News / Radio 5 Live - Can we fix our way out of the growing e-waste problem?
2019 - BJP Online - STREET / FORM Review - 6 Sep
2019 - La Repubblica (Italy) - "The right to repair at Climate Strike, Berlin"
2019 - Make 5/2019 (Germany) - Reparatur-Festival Fixfest
2019 - The Big Issue -"Restart Parties: the groups fighting throwaway culture"
2019 - RPS Decisive Moment - Issue 14 - Unbroken
2018 - the i Newspaper, print and online - “Inside the repair workshops that are teaching the nation to fix instead of replace”
2017 - Digital Camera - June 2017 - Hot Shots
2016 - The Comfort of Shadows - self published