Mark Maryanovich
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Biography
Mark Maryanovich is a Canadian photographer and artist. He is known primarily for his photography in the music industry.
Biography
Born in Windsor, Ontario and raised in Kamloops, British Columbia, Maryanovich relocated to Montreal in 1995, where he met and was mentored by fashion photographer Raphael Mazzucco. In 1996, Maryanovich's career as a photographer began in Vancouver, BC, and over the next fifteen years he shot with various artists such as Colin James, Gordie Johnson (Big Sugar), Tom Wilson (Junkhouse), Ryan Dahle (Limblifter, Age of Electric) and The Tea Party.
His photography has appeared on album covers and artwork for companies such as Sony, EMI and Warner Chappell Music, and artists such as Terraplane Sun, Marianas Trench (604 Records) and Grammy Award winners 54*40.
Maryanovich has photographed Chris Cornell, Bob Rock, Chad Kroeger, Elliott Smith and Henry Rollins. His commercial clients include Gibson Guitars, Monster Energy Drink and Peavey Amplifiers, while his work has been published in Rolling Stone, Billboard, Modern Drummer, ION, Canadian Musician, and Muzik etc. magazines.
In 2011, he provided the book cover image for Randy Bachman's autobiography Vinyl Tap Stories. In 2012, he received a Canadian Country Music Award for Album Design of the Year for Dean Brody's Dirt, his second in the category since receiving the award in 2009 for George Canyon's What I Do.
In 2011, Maryanovich relocated to Santa Monica, California where he currently resides. He has been recognized by the California art community, with his placement as a finalist in the Images from a Glass Eye International Juried Photography Show, and worthy of mention in the American Icon Art Competition in August 2013.