I have been interested in photography as long as I can remember. When I was little I had a theory that photographs were already inside the little film canisters, and when you sent them off to be developed all the store did was take them out, unfold them, and iron out the creases. (I’ve learned a little bit more about photography since then.)
Mark Edward Dawson
Photographer, educator, traveler
Recent journal entries
Jonathan’s 50th Birthday Expedition
For his recent 50th birthday my grad school friend Jonathan wanted to meet up with some friends and explore the southwest a little bit. The idea was to gather in…
Utah in February
I spent much of January trying to plan a trip to…somewhere. (Ok, in reality I spent most of January working, but anyhow…) The original idea was to go to the…
Great Tintype Adventure of 2018
At some point early in 2018 I decided I needed to be an adult for a while and get a regular job. That is a story for a very different…
Exhibition: Light Sensitive
This is, um, a little bit late, in terms of advance notice, but there is a very cool art exhibition opening tonight at Art Intersection in Gilbert, Arizona. The exhibition…
The Alabama Hills and Death Valley
Last April I made a road trip to Los Angeles that theoretically included a stop in Death Valley. While the trip overall was great, the Death Valley portion didn’t go…
TechShop, a eulogy
I moved to the Phoenix valley in the fall of 2015, and went to TechShop because a relative said they thought they heard I might be able to learn how…