Nationality Australian Known for Photography | Name Mark Gray Role Photographer | |
 | ||
Born February 20, 1981 (age 43) ( 1981-02-20 ) Notable work Craig's Hut, Reef Dreaming, Sydney Splendour, Mystic Forest Alma mater | ||
Mark Gray (born 20 February 1981) is a photographer from Melbourne, Australia. Gray is known for his panoramic photographs of landscapes, both in Australia and elsewhere.
Contents
Some of Gray's notable photographs are "Craig’s Hut" and "Reef Dreaming". His signature style of using natural light to capture vibrant colours has led him to become one of Australia’s most acclaimed photographers.
Life and work
Gray was born in Melbourne, Australia to parents of Latvian, English and Irish heritage. In his teens he painted graffiti along railway lines and vacant walls in Melbourne. His graffiti informed his knowledge of colour, composition and artistic technique.
After completing a diploma in multimedia at Swinburne University of Technology in Wantirna at the age of 19, Gray started full-time work as a junior web designer, and continued in this for seven years.
In 2005, Gray established his first business, Australian Landscapes, later changing its name to Mark Gray Fine Art Landscape Photography. The first Mark Gray Gallery was established in 2011 in New South Wales’ seaside town of Merimbula. One year later, a second gallery was opened in Mornington, Victoria.
Gray also conducts workshops in photography in Australia and elsewhere.
On 4 April 2012, Gray’s photographs, "Craig’s Hut" and "Reef Dreaming", appeared on Nine Network’s Mornings, program to showcase Australia’s top five views, which were voted by a panel of judges from Australian Traveller Magazine.
Gray is known for the natural light in his photographs. He revisits the same location, sometimes up to 20 times, in order to capture favourable light. Some of his photographs have taken years to capture – his photograph of "Craig’s Hut" took three years of repeated visits to Victoria’s Mt. Stirling before he found what he was looking for.