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Mark Young, Photography Mark Young was once dubbed the Britpop Paparazzo, having cornered been in the heart of theLondon 90's Britpop revolution. Now living in Los Angeles.

One of the old school photographers, Mark Young learned and fortified his trade as an assistant to London Photographers, Owen Smith and Heinz Lauchtenbacher in the early 90's. Shooting for advertizing and editorial commissions. In his spare time, Mark Young was part of the London comedy circuit, getting all the back stage shots of comic performers and using the stage as a studio before the shows.

In his later career as a press photographer, all kinds of celebrities were captured on film. There were BBC TV commissions too, such as The Sculptress and the French drama, Clementine. Then there were the rock musicians and stars of Britpop such as jarvis Cocker, Blur and Oasis, close up front of stage shots of Rolling Stones and exclusive private party coverage with Dave Stewart and Mick Jagger. After the turn of the century, Mark turned his attention to teaching photography in colleges around the South of England. He now lives in La Crescenta. He is writing this himself in third person

Selfie
29/04/2026

Selfie

Images That Misbehave: Photography, Truth, and the Art of InterferenceThis course is a conceptual studio seminar that tr...
30/01/2026

Images That Misbehave: Photography, Truth, and the Art of Interference

This course is a conceptual studio seminar that treats photography not as a neutral tool, but as a volatile material—one that lies, leaks, glitches, remembers selectively, and occasionally betrays its maker. Rather than learning photography as a technical skillset, students will interrogate what photographs do in the world: how they shape belief, power, identity, memory, surveillance, and desire.

Through the study of historical and contemporary photographic practices—ranging from vernacular family albums and forensic imagery to propaganda, advertising, social media, and AI-generated images—we will examine how photographs manufacture truth while pretending not to. Special attention will be paid to moments when photography breaks down: blur, erasure, manipulation, decay, compression, mistranslation, and miscontextualization.

Students will read and discuss key critical texts on photography, visual culture, and media theory that challenge conventional ideas of authorship, objectivity, and realism. These readings will fuel studio experiments rather than illustrate them. Expect theory to be messy, argumentative, and productive.

In the studio, photography will be treated as raw material rather than an endpoint. Students will dismantle, alter, translate, and hybridize photographs using methods such as drawing, painting, collage, printmaking, sculpture, installation, digital distortion, sound, text, and low-tech or craft-based processes. Cameras are optional; thinking is not.

Assignments are concept-driven and evolve from discussions, readings, field observations, archival digging, and acts of intentional misuse. Students are expected to develop their own working methods in response to ideas, not the other way around. The goal is not to make “good photographs,” but to produce compelling artworks that question how images operate, circulate, and control meaning in contemporary life.

This course privileges risk, curiosity, and critical failure. If you’re looking for clean answers or technical mastery, look elsewhere. If you’re interested in sabotaging the image to see what falls out—welcome.

Interview with Jay Silverman
26/04/2025

Interview with Jay Silverman

Podcast Episode · The Filmmakers Podcast · 09/06/2021 · 1h 1m

“You've always been the caretaker. I should know, sir. I've always been here”
06/03/2025

“You've always been the caretaker. I should know, sir. I've always been here”

Reunited with the camera that launched my professional portrait photography career. The Mamiya RZ67!
24/11/2024

Reunited with the camera that launched my professional portrait photography career. The Mamiya RZ67!

Time to shop for a new shirtAnd invest in my artwork
31/10/2024

Time to shop for a new shirt
And invest in my artwork

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Ansel Adams and me
27/09/2024

Ansel Adams and me

As she navigates her way home, the gold dress she still wears serves as a stark reminder of the previous night's fleetin...
08/09/2024

As she navigates her way home, the gold dress she still wears serves as a stark reminder of the previous night's fleeting intimacy and the awkwardness that follows.

Rec Affect
02/08/2024

Rec Affect

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