Mark McGowan

Mark McGowan

Mark McGowan is a photographer who also captured reflections and street life in the city, however it is the people that reflect in the stall windows not building and mannequins. While taking these photographs I have come across people standing outside of the storefront windows and I captured their reflections that I think separates them from their reality and creates this inner delusional world in the reflections. Mark McGowan found a way of capturing hidden details around cities and making the viewer look deeply into his photographs and see the little differences that the reflections capture. McGowan’s photographs of people’s reflections in stall windows could represent people being separated from their society, as there is a fine line between them and the reflections that links with Lee Friedlander’s work. The reflection looks like an illusion or a different world, also making it look like there is a different dimension that people are not aware off. Meaning within this photograph can be spread into many directions. But because off its mood of fantasy and warmth created be the high exposure, unusual lighting and colures; makes the photograph look and feel as if it’s an image within a dream or a surreal place.

While responding to Mark McGowan I have noticed how not easy it was to capture reflections of people. This is because they are moving really fast and by the blink of an eye, you can loose a great moment to capture a good photograph. I ended up taking few good photos however, I knew it was not enough and they were not strong enough. Therefore, I went out and photographed some more and was able to capture some good responses. I also decided that the photos looked better black and white therefore I edited them into that format.