Mark Abrahams (born 1958) is an American fashion and portrait photographer known for his raw, black-and-white celebrity portraits. His work has been featured in Bazaar, Glamour, GQ, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, and Vogue.Homeagency.com. “Mark Abrahams”, “Home Agency”. Retrieved on 20 May 2014.“Covers”, “Mark Abrahams.com”. Retrieved on 20 May 2014.
Early life Born in Santa Ana, California, Abrahams discovered photography after receiving a Nikon FM camera. In the 1980s, he worked as a truck driver while developing film in a darkroom he set up at home.Artbook.com “Mark Abrahams”, “Artbook.com”. Retrieved on 20 May 2014. By the 1990s, he began photographing musicians and supermodels, with his work appearing in international editions of Vogue and GQ.Models.com. “Mark Abrahams”, “Models.com” Retrieved on 20 May 2014.
Career In 2015, he photographed Sharon Stone and Allison Williams for Harper's Bazaar. He has contributed over 630 editorial photographs featured in various fashion magazines and journals. He explains that in his portrait and editorial work, “The intent of it is to strip away all the norms and expectations and get to the heart of the matter."
His work has been exhibited internationally, including the Jaguar Summer Museum in Moscow in an exhibition "Two Colors".Belan, Kelly. “Jaguar Brings Mark Abrahams’s “Two Colours” Photo Gallery to Moscow”, “PopSop.com” 10 September 2012. Retrieved on 20 May 2014.Kleiner, Yeugenia. “‘Two Colors' Unnerves Celebs”, “The Moscow Times”, Moscow, 27 September 2012. Retrieved on 20 May 2014.
Publications In 2011, Abrahams released a book of black-and-white portraits, Mark Abrahams, which was launched by Annie Lebovitz.
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