Mark Shaw

Designers' Homes, Dolores Guinness in Black Lace Dior, Warm, 1959

2018

Fernand Leger in Studio, Number One -- Photographed by Mark Shaw for LIFE in 1955, two weeks before his death, Fernand Leger posed for this final portrait in his Paris Studio. Leger's studio is the one he had worked in since 1913. British model Anne Gunning...

St. Tropez Model in Yellow Ensemble -- Yellow clad model photographed by Mark Shaw on St. Paul de Vence street for the Jan. 9, 1956 article in Life “Su...

Madonna and Child - Signed limited edition archival pigment print, Edition of 5 This print that is being offered is a high-quality Archival Pigment print which has been printed o...

Face Mounted Plexi. Aluminum braced archival print. Mysterious subject matter. ABOUT THE ARTIST Marco studied fine art at Pratt Institute and the Art Students League in New York. New York Times photography critic Gene Thornton called Marco “a Minimalist, whose images are sensual, whimsical, often surreal, always strong, and deceptively simple.” “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Phil Marco on a number of my films. Phil is a man of extraordinary talents. It seems that his passion is to take an everyday object or event, and show it in an entirely new and exciting way.” Martin Scorsese. Phil’s work is represented in MOMA, The Museum of the Moving Image, and The George Eastman Museum of Photography. His first photographs were studies for his paintings, before he launched a career in print advertising. He eventually became a Director / DP for film and television for a vast base of national and international clients with his wife Patricia as Partner and Producer. In the 1980’s and 90’s Phil was the go to person for Special Effects in Television and Cinema, also best known for his graphic conceptual still lives, and his consummate mastery of lighting, and design. He’s won many awards for his work, including numerous Cannes Lions, Cleo’s, a Grammy for his print work on the legendary “Tommy the Who...