Past Darkroom Gallery Master History
![]() | Mark Melnick Palm Desert, CA USA www.riverrunpictures.com | ![]() |
After 35 years in Hollywood making pictures that literally MOVE, I have transitioned into the equally exciting world of still photographs that move ME. Though I was formally trained in traditional silver and platinum emulsions and chemical techniques, I have discovered that the tools of digital photography challenge me to present a more personal interpretation of my subject. While a theatrical lighting designer, I absorbed the importance of light and shadow as essential elements of story-telling, and what I try to achieve in my work as a still photographer is Act One, as it were, of a story that the viewer continues and concludes for himself. Each step of the capture and post production process is a kind of exploration for me, and though I may have an idea of what a particular frame is about, it isn’t until I enter the “playground” of the computer and its software that the picture blossoms, literally develops before my eyes. |
Metamorphosis![]() Singapore in Transition | Multiples![]() "Rise Up Against Your Oppressors!" | Multiples![]() Viennese Hideaway Honorable Mention | Pathways and Passages![]() Morning, San Mateo |
In Stillness![]() L.A. | Green![]() Brothers, Vietnam '71 | The Environmental Portrait![]() In Absentia Juror's Choice | The Environmental Portrait![]() In Celebration |
ARTifact![]() End of the Road | Manus et Pedibus![]() Waiting for Einstein | Construct: Art in Architecture![]() The Final Solution, Dachau |
In the Moment![]() A Selfie | Chroma![]() In Agreement Honorable Mention | Oddity![]() In the Mind of the Creator |
Oddity![]() über die innenstadt Honorable Mention | Oddity![]() "We need more ice." | Curvilinear![]() Salzburg Summer | Curvilinear![]() Apartment Life |
War and Peace![]() Brothers, Vietnam '71 | Natural Realm![]() Succulent Quartet | Natural Realm![]() Cattail Creek, Glass, Arkansas |
Still Life/Life Still![]() Roadside Distraction #11 Honorable Mention | Far Away Places![]() Opalescence | Wheels![]() Cyclist, Copenhagen |
Blue![]() In Case of Rain, St. Petersburg | Blue![]() Electric Blue, Clarksdale, Mississippi | Juxtapose![]() Fisherman's Prayer |
Juxtapose![]() Balboa | Illumine![]() Metropolitan Juror's Choice | Illumine![]() Homage |
Love![]() New Year's Eve | Love![]() God is Love SOLD | Faces![]() Sean, Vietnam '71 | Make Believe![]() Arlecchino loves Colombina |
Real Life![]() Cameramen, Vietnam '71 Honorable Mention | Real Life![]() The Show, Vietnam '71 | Real Life![]() Brothers, Vietnam '71 |
Color-blind![]() Kate, a portrait | City![]() Empire, 2013 |