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Mark Cohen (born 1943) is an American photographer best known for his innovative close-up street photography. ==Life and career== Cohen was born and lived in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania until 2013. He attended Penn State University and Wilkes College between 1961 and 1965, and opened a commercial photo studio in 1966. Cohen’s photography was first exhibited in the 1969 exhibition ''Vision and Expression'' organised by Nathan Lyons at George Eastman House.〔Nathan Lyons, ''Vision and Expression'' (New York: Horizon Press, 1969).〕〔(George Eastman House bio. )〕 The majority of the photography for which Cohen is known is shot in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area (also known as the Wyoming Valley), a historic industrialized region of northeastern Pennsylvania. Characteristically Cohen photographs people close-up, using a wide-angle lens and a flashgun, mostly in black and white, frequently cropping their heads from the frame, concentrating on small details.〔"Photography: Mark Cohen", ''Profiles in Excellence.'' Penn State Public Broadcasting, 1982. Here () at Penn State on Demand. (Starts at 1′43″.)〕 He has used 21 mm, 28 mm and 35 mm focal length, wide-angle, lenses and later on 50 mm. Cohen has published three monographs, ''Grim Street'' (2005); ''True Color'' (2007), work in colour originating as a commission from George Eastman House; and ''Italian Riviera'' (2008), made along the Levante Riviera, during his stay in Rapallo, Liguria. He has twice been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, in 1971〔(Mark Cohen ), John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2010-05-30.〕 and 1976, and received a National Endowment for the Arts grant in 1975.〔(NEA 1975 Annual report ) (PDF), page 97.〕 Cohen has described his method as 'intrusive'.〔2004 interview with Thomas Southall, in ''Grim Street.''〕 "They're not easy pictures. But I guess that's why they're mine."〔2004 interview with Anne Wilkes Tucker, in the preface to ''Grim Street.''〕 Discussing his influences with Thomas Southall in 2004〔 he cites ". . . so many photographers who followed Cartier-Bresson, like Frank, Koudelka, Winogrand, Friedlander." He also recognises the influence of Diane Arbus.〔 Whilst acknowledging these influences he says: "I knew about art photography...Then I did these outside the context of any other photographer."〔 In 2013 Cohen moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Cohen (photographer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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