MARK VESSEY
UK-based photographer Mark Vessey blurs the lines between photographer and contemporary artist. Heavily influenced by Pop American culture, with Warhol and Haring particular heroes, Vessey uses his lens much as a painter uses his brushes, using light, colour and focus to produce his stunning and uniquely popular images.
His photographs of iconic pop culture heritage have now become icons themselves, highly prized in international collections and exhibited in such respected institutions as the Royal Academy. His group and solo exhibitions at galleries and international art fairs have been to huge acclaim and success and his work has been discussed in publications as diverse as Attitude magazine to The Times. He has further produced cover images for several books and been commissioned to take striking portraits of various personalities.
His Attitude photograph has become a defining image of recent pop culture history, as read along the spines of the eponymous magazine. His much-loved homage to the famed New York nightclub Studio 54 is portrait-like not only in its portrayal of the building’s history through its closed ‘face’, but with an image as timelessly cool as the nightspot itself.
Vessey often prefers to produce bodies of work as opposed to singular images, allowing him to explore and collate varying aspects of a theme. For example, When I’m Out features his take on the bars, clubs and streets of gay culture throughout the world, and his upcoming project, Collections, will highlight the fact that the literary, visual, and musical ephemera of all our lives reflects not only our personal histories but the cultural zeitgeists that influence our time.
Vessey’s natural wit and ability to tap into and distil the very pulse of our popular culture makes him one of the most exciting and collectable photographers of our time. As Simon Fanshawe says of Vessey’s work: Out of the blur will come you.
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GLASTONBURY
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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GLASTONBURY: MOTHERPIECE
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NORMAN: MOTHERPIECE
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PRINCE
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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ROLLING STONE
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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DANCE
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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SOUNDTRACKS
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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SOUNDTRACKS: MOTHER PIECE
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MUSICALS: MOTHER PIECE
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MUSICALS
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JAZZ: MOTHER PIECE
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JAZZ
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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THE NEW YORKER: MOTHER PIECE
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THE NEW YORKER
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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SEVENTIES: MOTHER PIECE
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SEVENTIES
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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EIGHTIES: MOTHER PIECE
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EIGHTIES
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NINETIES: MOTHER PIECE
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NINETIES
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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VANITY FAIR
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
original photographic print on archival Hahnmuhle cotton rag paper
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KATE MOSS
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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STUDIO 54
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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ABSOLUT: MOTHER PIECE
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ABSOLUT
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DISCO: MOTHER PIECE
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DISCO
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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PENGUIN: MOTHER PIECE
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PENGUIN
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FUNK AND SOUL: MOTHER PIECE
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FUNK AND SOUL
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PLAYBOY: MOTHER PIECE
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PLAYBOY
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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VOGUE: MOTHER PIECE
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VOGUE
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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BOND
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OBSERVER BOOKS
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BOWIE: MOTHER PIECE
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BOWIE
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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THE FACE
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS
original Fuji Crystal Archive photographic print
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CHANEL
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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VINTAGE VOGUE: MOTHER PIECE
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VINTAGE VOGUE
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LOVE
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LADYBIRD
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WALLPAPER CITY GUIDES: MOTHER PIECE
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WALLPAPER CITY GUIDES
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ABSOLUT BLUE
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Penguin Parade
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WALLPAPER
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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ATTITUDE (When I’m Out)
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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KEITH HARING
original C-type Fujicolor Crystal Archive photographic print
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SEPTEMBER VOGUE
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i-D
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DAZED AND CONFUSED
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POP
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NORMAN
original C-type Fuji crystal archive photographic print
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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ATTITUDE 15
original C-type Fuji Crystal Archive photographic print
£225.00 More info