Journals
more ‘Stills of Imagined Films’ coming soon…
This summer I will be working on new productions for my series “Stills of Imagined Films”…
Stills of Imagined Films – trailer from Mark Peterman on Vimeo.
Thanks to my friends Lovers In Transit (Jeremiah, Ryan, Mychael and Bronson) for allowing me to use a snippet of their song ‘Cities’ for this piece. It’s one of my favorite songs of all time.
Journal Series
For years I have kept journals and notebooks as documentation of my life. They range from sketch books to more deliberate collage work and I use them to experiment and they often serve as a way for me to remember things that I have done. So in an effort to show something different than the commercial work I often post here, this is a new series on the blog showing some of my favorite journal pages both recent and not-so recent.
Some of my inspiration in this area comes from completely different influences. For years I appreciated Frank Ockenfels photographic work and especially his journals. I did a Santa Fe workshop with Frank in 2007, which only made me appreciate his work more and I learned a lot from him and grew from the experience.
Another influence in this area is Rob Gretton. It’s strange because he not a visual artist at all. He was the manager for New Order and Joy Division and an avid collector of all things pertaining to his life with the band. I’ve been a fan of both bands for years and I recently picked up a collection of notebooks and journals published by his wife in 2008, 8 years after his death. Check it out, it’s an amazing book called One Top Class Manager.
There are a few of my journals scans featured on my website in the personal work section. Look for a follow up to this series soon…
New work, The Backyard
Here are a few journal scans from a recent model test. I collaborated with HMU artist Michele Lee on the concepts, styling and locations and this is the first time working with model Sarah Hatcher from Ford Robert Black Agency.
View more work from the series in the online archive: The Backyard
Information Security Magazine
In February I photographed an assignment for Information Security Magazine here in Phoenix. My subject was long time government security consultant David Vandernaalt. It was my second time working for the magazine over the last couple of years. Below is a journal scan of some of the final shots…
