Behind the lens
MARK POWER Photographer www.markpower.co.uk
© Mark Power/Magnum Photos
M ark Power will be speaking on the Super Stage at The Photography Show & The Video Show in September. He will offer an insight into two projects separated by 16 years: The Shipping Forecast and Good Morning, America (Volume Three).
What have you been working on over the last 18 months?
Although I found it very difficult to produce new work during the pandemic, I made some pictures during long walks through Brighton, where I live, and more recently I’ve started to photograph a wood we frequently visit, but I think I needed time away from a camera. That said, the last 18 months haven’t been wasted: I moved studios (an enormous task), edited, sequenced and published Good Morning, America (Volume Three), edited and sequenced my next book, Terre à l’Amende, and I’m progressing well with a planned, much expanded reprint of my first book, The Shipping Forecast. Looking back, it feels like I’ve achieved a lot, and I have to say I’ve enjoyed spending much more time at home.