Mark Bell
Portraits of Saying Goodbye
I use the camera as a tool in my own invented ritual to add meaning to my relationships. In moments spent with people to whom I feel connected I can’t help but feel a melancholic sense that the moment will end. I resonate with the Japanese phrase mono no aware. It speaks of the awareness of the transience of things and a quiet sadness because of it. Along with that sadness, however, a celebration of the experience to which you bore witness. When I take a portrait it is like a ceremony to sanctify that person. In the words of Anthony Kiedis, “All I want is for you to be happy and take this moment to make you my family”
Iryna Baklan • Mark Bell • Claire French • Paul Greenfield • Clare Lyons • Gavin Martin • Roula Patra • John Post • Martin Reynolds • Niall Ruddy • Jolane Schaffner •
Arts University Bournemouth
MA Photography
University of Brighton
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University of Derby
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Falmouth University
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London College of Communication
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Royal College of Art
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University of South Wales
MA Documentary Photography