Photography by Mark W Tiedemann |
| I picked up a camera
seriously at age 15; my father's vintage Canon Rangefinder, a Japanese
knock-off of a Leica M-2b. Once I saw my first print emerge in a tray
of developer, I was hooked. I pursued it avidly, though, like most things,
a bit haphazardly. My major influences are rather predictable for the
most part. Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, the f64 Group. I love black &
white, I love sharpness, brilliance in range and contrast. Over the years
I became something of a landscape photographer, but most other aspects
played a part as well. For a time I was becoming a decent portraitist.
I've tried my hand at just about everything. For six months I was a commercial
photographer, but I was too young and the firm I worked for too shaky,
and I ended up in lab work, doing custom photofinishing. I worked for
a small place called Shaw Camera for 20 years, first as a lab tech then
as lab manager, until it folded in 1995.
I do not do weddings. Most of my work can be described as abstract pictorial. Details, landscapes, found compositions. I do, obviously, do some color, but my preference remains for black & white. The digital age has greatly diminished the range and availability of traditional photographic products. Many of the most beautiful papers of the past are gone. Kodak no longer makes black & white paper at all. But a few smaller companies still do. While my production has diminished considerably, I've gotten to the point of being good enough that I need not shoot so much film to get a decent image. Below are examples, favorite images. I will add to this collection over time. At some point I may make prints available for purchase. Enjoy. |
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Acorns_Pennsylvania.jpg |
Afterward.jpg |
Autumn_Cover.jpg |
Back_Country_Idle.jpg |
Brattelboro_1997.jpg |
Cedars_2008.jpg |
Chicago_Bridge_2000.jpg |
Chicago_Moon_2000.jpeg |
Colorado_1984.tif |
Composition_01.jpg |
Composition_02.jpg |
Desert_Wall_2008.jpg |
Farm_Detail.jpg |
Fissure.jpg |
Glider.jpg |
Granada.jpg |
Hothouse_Wings_2008.jpg |
Madrid.jpeg |
Madrid_02.jpeg |
Moon_Over_Madrid_2008.jpg |
New_Mexico.jpg |
New_Mexico_2008.jpg |
New_Mexico_Sky.jpg |
New_Nexico_2002.jpg |
Oregon_2001.jpg |
Pacific_Beach_2001.jpg |
Pacific_Northwest_2001.jpg |
Rust.jpeg |
Silos.jpg |
Slow_Glass.jpg |
Spring_2009.jpg |
Stalk_Autumn.jpg |
Star_Shore.jpg |
Streambed_2001.jpg |
Suburban_Ontogenesis.jpg |
Time_Trace.jpg |
Trees_2009.jpg |
TriElemental.jpeg |
UnPossible.jpg |
Wintermorn_St_Louis.jpg |
Zen_Koan.jpg |