Mark Eshbaugh
{{Short description|American artist, author and musician (born 1974)}}
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Mark Eshbaugh (born 1974) is an American artist, author, educator, and musician.{{Cite web|url=https://www.photoeye.com/Gallery/forms/Pages_MaxEnlarge/image1.cfm?id=98520&imageposition=9&Portfolio=Portfolio2|title=photo-eye | Mark Eshbaugh|website=www.photoeye.com|accessdate=27 November 2020}} He has specialized in alternative photography processes such as platinum/palladium and chrysotype printing, and gum bichromate, cyanotype and Mordançage processing. He holds a BFA degree from the University of Massachusetts Lowell{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.uml.edu/orientation-ambassadors/2010/11/17/notable-uml-alumni/|title=Notable UML Alumni|date=17 November 2010|accessdate=27 November 2020}} and an MFA degree from the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Eshbaugh has contributed formulas to the chrysotype process that allows for various color and contrast controls.{{Cite book|isbn=978-1138345003|title=Chrysotype: A Contemporary Guide to Photographic Printing in Gold|last1=McPhee|first1=Leanne|date=23 October 2020|publisher=Routledge }} His contributions to the mordançage process include research into how different developing agents and their dilutions will result in different tonalities in the various emulsions of silver gelatin printing papers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.rmr-press.com/mordancage/ |title=THE MORDANÇAGE PROCESS |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053108/http://www.rmr-press.com/mordancage/|archive-date=2016-03-04}}
Publications
His artwork has been included in textbooks including both editions of The Elements of Photography by Angela Faris-Belt,Angela Faris-Belt, The Elements of Photography: Understanding and Creating Sophisticated Images, 1st edition, Boston: Focal Press, 2008. {{ISBN|9780240809427}}Angela Faris-Belt, The Elements of Photography: Understanding and Creating Sophisticated Images, 2nd edition, Boston: Taylor & Francis, 2014. {{ISBN|9781136103254}}
Photographic Possibilities, 3rd edition by Robert Hirsch{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CyNo-LplJ78C&q=mark+Eshbaugh&pg=PR15|title = Photographic Possibilities: The Expressive Use of Equipment, Ideas, Materials, and Processes|isbn = 9780240810133|last1 = Hirsch|first1 = Robert|year = 2009| publisher=Taylor & Francis }} Leanne McPhee, Chrysotype: A Contemporary Guide to Photographic Printing in Gold, 1st Edition,. Christina Z. Anderson's The Experimental Darkroom: Contemporary Uses of Traditional Black & White Photographic Materials, 1st Edition,.Christina Z. Anderson's, ''The Experimental Darkroom: Contemporary Uses of Traditional Black & White Photographic Materials, 1st Edition, Boston: Focal Press/Harcourt. 2022. {{ISBN|9781032131863}} and Donald Nelson's Kallitype, Vandyke Brown, and Argyrotype: A Step-by-Step Manual of Iron-Silver Processes Highlighting Contemporary Artists, 1st Edition.{{cite book | url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003311812/kallitype-vandyke-brown-argyrotype-donald-nelson | doi=10.4324/9781003311812 | title=Kallitype, Vandyke Brown, and Argyrotype | date=2023 | last1=Nelson | first1=Donald | isbn=978-1-003-31181-2 }}
Notable exhibitions and awards
Eshbaugh's artworks were included in the Reus Institut Municipal d’Accio Cultural Biennals Internacionals de Fotografia Medalla Gaudi in 2001 and 2003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.reus.cat/ajuntament/im-reus-cultura|title=IM Reus Cultura | Ajuntament de Reus|website=www.reus.cat}}Institut Municipal d’Accio Cultural, Biennals Internacionals de Fotografia Medalla Gaudi, Reus (Catalunya) Spain Premis Reus 2001, Pragma, Angencia de Publicitat General, SL p. 6Institut Municipal d’Accio Cultural, Biennals Internacionals de Fotografia Medalla Gaudi, Reus (Catalunya) Spain Premis Reus 2003, Pragma, Angencia de Publicitat General, SL p.9, 35{{Cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Premis-Ciutat-Reus-Fotografia-2003/dp/B01F35XBQQ|title=Premis Ciutat de Reus de Fotografia 2003: V Biennal Internacional de Fotografia |date=January 2003 |publisher=Institut Municipal D'Accio Cultural Reus }} This bi-annual exhibition features fine art photographers from around the world working in alternative photographic processes (such as platinum Printing, gum bichromate, etc.). At each biennial, they award the Medalla Gaudi award to a few artists and purchase their work for the Institut Municipal d’Accio Cultural's permanent collection. Eshbaugh was awarded the Medalla Gaudi and his work added to the permanent collection in 2003.
Eshbaugh's artwork was included in the 2002-03 traveling exhibition "The American River."{{Cite web|url=https://www.mullenbooks.com/pages/books/163834/carl-belz-robert-hass/the-american-river-national-exhibition|title=The American River: National Exhibition by Carl Belz, Robert Hass on Mullen Books|website=Mullen Books|accessdate=27 November 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesargus.com/news/the-american-river-art-lays-bare-the-role-rivers-play-in-our-collective-imagination/article_83c0fda6-4f90-5f4b-8726-596dd84abaa3.html|title=The American River: Art lays bare the role rivers play in our collective imagination|website=Times Argus|accessdate=27 November 2020}} Eshbaugh was named the 2013 Distinguished Alumni from the University of Massachusetts Lowell by the Independent University Alumni Association at Lowell.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lowellsun.com/ci_19898366/|title=UMass Lowell alumni group awards scholarships|website=Lowell Sun|date=5 February 2012|accessdate=27 November 2020}} His work was also featured in the Danforth Art Museum's 2015 New England Photo Biennial.{{Cite web|url=https://danforth.framingham.edu/exhibition/new-england-photography-biennial/|title=New England Photography Biennial – Danforth|website=danforth.framingham.edu|accessdate=27 November 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2015/09/11/danforth-art-biennial-showcases-photographers/XBMcbvl8pWbi7BKPbXuDkL/story.html|title=Danforth Art biennial showcases 55 photographers - the Boston Globe|website=The Boston Globe }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/new-england-photography-biennial-danforth-art/|title=New England Photo Biennial Returns! | What Will You Remember}}
Personal life
Mark has taught for colleges and universities including Bridgewater State University,{{Cite web|url=https://www.whatwillyouremember.com/can-we-talk-about-teachers/ |title=Can We Talk About Teachers? |website=whatwillyouremember.com |date=30 April 2014}} University of Massachusetts Lowell, Montserrat College of Art, University of New Hampshire, Plymouth State University, Anna Maria College, and Saint Anselm College.{{Cite web|url=http://www.eshbaugh.com/about/bio/|title=Bio « Mark Eshbaugh}}
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External links
- Personal website: [http://www.eshbaugh.com/ Mark Eshbaugh]
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Category:American contemporary artists
Category:American landscape photographers
Category:21st-century American writers
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Category:21st-century American photographers
Category:University of Massachusetts Lowell alumni
Category:Savannah College of Art and Design alumni