About Mark Makela


Mark Bryan Makela is a London based photojournalist working worldwide specializing in editorial, documentary and portrait photography.

He's been published in The New York Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Independent Magazine, The Financial Times, The Daily Mail, The British Journal of Photography, Photo District News, Entertainment Weekly, Arte, Press Gazette, VanityFair.com, Vogue.com, Stern.de, Foto8.com, and Wallpaper.com among others internationally, and graduated with distinction from the MA Photojournalism and Documentary Photography at the London College of Communication.

His work has been exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery's Photographic Portrait Prize.

Awards:

NUJ 'Photography Matters' Exhibition. 2009

APPPF 2009 European Photograph of the Year, shortlist. 2009

National Portrait Gallery Photographic Prize, Laing Art Gallery. 2009

BJP Project Assistance Award shortlist. 2008

Foto8 Summer Show, Host Gallery. 2008.

PDN Photo Annual. 2008

Printspace Gallery Group Exhibition. 2008