Mark Drew

A Native of Los Angeles, Mark Drew grew up in Plainfield (birthplace of Irving Penn), New Jersey. At an early age Mark felt a need to use photography as a means of escape and expression. After returning to Los Angeles, where he dreams to become a "gigolo" to make a fortune & open an art gallery, he ends up homeless... an experience that will benefit later in photographing people homeless. "Snapshots filled with compassion and realism." Collectors and magazines then "find by chance / spot" his work and publish it regularly: "That was the moment when his career started." Well known for its sumptuous black and white pictures, he domesticates as no one, using the light while emphasizing with modesty and generosity his subjects. Mark currently works in New York (USA)