Mark Peterson (photographer)

Peterson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Peterson is a freelance photographer working for publications such as New York Times Magazine, New York, Fortune, ESPN magazine, InStyle, Elle, Geo, Time, Newsweek, and Gentleman's Quarterly, People, Food Network.

Much of his work consists of political figures and people of wealth and notoriety. He frequently uses rich color and detail.{{cite web|url=http://vimeo.com/8695610|title=Mark Peterson - Photographer|accessdate=May 2, 2014|publisher=vimeo.com}} He has photographed major political moments in history, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Clinton, Dole, and George W. Bush campaigns.{{cite web|url=http://archive.reduxpictures.com/webgate/index.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091011113615/http://archive.reduxpictures.com/webgate/index.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 11, 2009|title=ReduxStock archive|accessdate=May 2, 2014|publisher=ReduxPictures}} Recently, he has worked with such publications as GQ and MSNBC to cover events via Instagram, including the 2012 Democratic Convention.{{cite web|url=https://www.gq.com/news-politics/blogs/death-race/2012/09/gqs-insta-vention-2012-dnc-day-1.html|title=GQ's Insta-vention 2012, DNC Day 1|accessdate=May 2, 2014|date=September 5, 2012|first=Mark|last=Peterson|work=GQ}} He has photographed in the Arctic Circle and the world's smallest nation, Tuvalu.{{cite web|url=http://www.climatecentral.org/news/china-pours-cash-into-melting-arctic-to-win-influence-15760|title=China Pours Cash into Melting Arctic to Win Influence|accessdate=May 2, 2014|date=March 23, 2013|first=Jonathan|last=Kaiman|publisher=Climate Central}}

• Acts Of Charity. Brooklyn, NY: powerHouse, 2004. {{ISBN|978-1-57687-211-6}}. With an introduction by Philip Weiss.

He has received several awards, including the W. Eugene Smith Support Grant for his work

on "revolving door" alcoholics{{cite web|url=https://www.motherjones.com/authors/mark-peterson|title=Mark Peterson|accessdate=May 2, 2014|work=Mother Jones}} and the Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography.{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/pr/00/04/eisiesList.html|title=Journalism School announces Eisenstaedt Awards for Outstanding Magazine Photography|accessdate=May 2, 2014|date=April 6, 2000|work=Columbia University News}} He has been in numerous exhibitions and museum shows including:

• To Have and Have Not, The World of the 1%, Nooderlicht Photo Festival, Netherlands{{cite web|url=http://www.noorderlicht.com/en/photofestival/photofestival-2013/exhibitions/to-have-and-have-not/|title=To Have and Have Not|accessdate=May 2, 2014|year=2013|publisher=Noorderlicht}}
• SLIDELUCK NYC XVII. curated by Kira Pollack, Director of Photography for TIME magazine, Brooklyn, NY{{cite web|url=http://slideluck.com/slideluck-nyc-xvii-photoville/|title=SLIDELUCK NYC XVII at Photoville|accessdate=May 2, 2014|publisher=Slideluck}}
• Museums Are Worlds, Louvre Museum, Paris, France{{cite web|url=http://www.reduxpictures.com/Blog/3235/Mark-Peterson-featured-at-The-Louvre|title=Mark Peterson featured at The Louvre|accessdate=May 2, 2014|date=November 29, 2011|publisher=ReduxPictures|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502232053/http://www.reduxpictures.com/Blog/3235/Mark-Peterson-featured-at-The-Louvre|archivedate=May 2, 2014}}
• American Youth, Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN{{cite web|url=http://www.mnartists.org/event.do?rid=242891|title=AMERICAN YOUTH - Wine & Cheese Reception, October 2nd, 7:00-11:00PM|accessdate=May 2, 2014|publisher=mnartists.org|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140503013144/http://www.mnartists.org/event.do?rid=242891|archivedate=May 3, 2014}}
• The High Life, Visa Pour L'Image, Perpignan, France{{cite web|url=http://www.visapourlimage.com/history/1998.do|title=International festival of photojournalism 1998|accessdate=May 2, 2014|publisher=Visa Pour L'Image}}
• Alcoholic in USA, Visa Pour L'Image, Perpignan, France
• Political Theatre, UC Berkeley School of Journalism, Berkeley, CA {{Cite web|url=https://journalism.berkeley.edu/events/details/866/|title=Mark Peterson: "Political Theatre" Opening Reception–Events–UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism|last=Staff|first=J-School|website=journalism.berkeley.edu|language=en|access-date=2017-07-18}}

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