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Meet the Members
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Mark Fainstein
mark@fainsteinphoto.com
Mark Fainstein Photography
mark@fainsteinphoto.com
www.fainsteinphoto.com
Erie, PA
814 461 8996
Statement/Bio
Many of the world’s most prestigious fine art photographers honed their craft by producing commercial photography at some point in their career. Edward Steichen and Ansel Adams are two such talents. By no means do I mean to imply that I am in the same class of these fine artisans, however I do have education in both art and commercial photography.
I attended Pratt Institute, NYC, majoring in Industrial Design, and furthered my education at Rhode Island School Of Photography, Providence RI.
I began my career as a commercial photographer in 1973 in Erie, Pennsylvania, where I produced advertising and brochure images for such clients as MTV, Welch’s and Quaker State Oil. After four years of freelancing and catalog photography in Boston, I returned to Erie and opened a 5,000 square foot studio dedicated to large format 4x5 and 8x10 commercial photography and employing a staff of seven. We could create entire room sets inside the studio for home furnishings catalogs (Blair Corp, Warren PA), and full operating suites with surgical lights and tables (Steris, Cleveland Ohio). We even shot motorcycles and cars on a 31-foot cove. It was really the heyday of film photography.
In my experience as a commercial photographer, everything must be “perfect”, but even so, it’s seldom considered art. As a photographer for the last 34 years, I have entered and won many awards and accolades. I still make my living at commercial photography, but for the last 10 years or so, with the encouragement of Brad Lethaby, a wonderful friend and well known portrait painter I have crossed the line into “art photography”.
I am known as a studio photography specialist, so for this reason I chose to do primarily studio shots for “art’s sake”. Careful planning, attention to detail and technical execution are my forte, and I hope that is conveyed in my images.
I donate art yearly to The Montserrat College of Art (Beverly MA) auction to benefit student financial aid, and many other worthy charitable causes and am a member of the North West Pennsylvania Artist's Association. I have had several local shows, including three shows with 4 other photographers entitled The Faces Of Erie in 2002, 2004 and 2005.
A word about digital photography - Today’s digital technology, has had its greatest impact on the processing, storing and reproduction of photo-images, but the photographer’s basic challenge of creating appealing images by controlling light hasn’t changed. With proper lighting, a good photographer could still produce wonderful images through a pinhole in a box. It’s not a matter of what the human eye sees as much as how the eye sees it. That is the secret to great photography.
Fine Art Print Prices
Prints will be inkjet with archival inks and, and sprayed with UV and water damage inhibitor. They will be borderless unless otherwise specified. A smaller image on larger paper, ie:8x10 image on 11x14 paper, will be charged for by paper size, not image size.
Color or Black & White prints are the same price for the same size prints.
Additional prices are for prints from the same negative/file, ordered at the same time.
All Prints are hand signed and copyrighted.
Print sizes may vary based on aspect ratio of image.
First 4x5 - $ 25.00
Additional 4x5's - $ 15.00 each
First 5x7 - $ 50.00
Additional 5x7's - $ 30.00 each
First 8x10 - $ 75.00
Additional 8x10's - $ 40.00 each
First 11x14 - $ 100.00
Additional 11x14's - $ 60.00 each
First 16x20 or 12x18 - $ 150.00
Additional 16x20's or 12x18 - $ 90.00 each
Contact Us For Larger Print Price Estimate
FOR A SIGNED/NUMBERED EDITION PRINT ADD $100.00
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