Mark Peterson

Mark Peterson (born 1955 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American photographer based in New York City. Much of his work consists of political figures and people of wealth and notoriety. He frequently uses rich color and detail. His work has been published in the New York Times Magazine, New York Magazine, Fortune Magazine, Time magazine, ESPN The Magazine, and Geo Magazine. He has photographed major political moments in history, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Clinton, Dole, and George W. Bush campaigns. Recently, he has worked with such publications as GQ and MSNBC to cover events via instagram, including the 2012 Democratic Convention. He has photographed in the Arctic Circle and the world's smallest nation, Tuvalu.

Career

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. He is the author of the Powerhouse book Acts Of Charity, and is represented by Redux Pictures.

Awards and exhibitions

He has received several awards, including the W. Eugene Smith Support Grant for his work on "revolving door" alcoholics and the Alfred Eisenstaedt Awards for Magazine Photography. He has been in numerous exhibitions and museum shows including:

• To Have and Have Not, The World of the 1%, Nooderlicht Photo Festival, Netherlands
• SLIDELUCK NYC XVII. curated by Kira Pollack, Director of Photography for TIME magazine, Brooklyn, NY
• Museums Are Worlds, Louvre Museum, Paris, France
• American Youth, Minneapolis Photo Center, Minneapolis, MN
• The High Life, Visa Pour L'Image, Perpignon, France
• Alcoholic in USA, Visa Pour L'Image, Perpignon, France

• "Mark Peterson". Mother Jones. Retrieved May 2, 2014. 
• "Journalism School announces Eisenstaedt Awards for Outstanding Magazine Photography". Colombia University News. April 6, 2000. Retrieved May 2, 2014. 
• "To Have and Have Not". Noorderlicht. 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2014. 
• "SLIDELUCK NYC XVII at Photoville". Slideluck. Retrieved May 2, 2014. 
• "Mark Peterson featured at The Louvre". ReduxPictures. November 29, 2011. Retrieved May 2, 2014. 
• "AMERICAN YOUTH - Wine & Cheese Reception, October 2nd, 7:00-11:00PM". mnartists.org. Retrieved May 2, 2014. 
• ^ "International festival of photojournalism 1998". Visa Pour L'Image. Retrieved May 2, 2014.