Hurricane Sandy flooding in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on Van Brunt Street, with the high water line defined on the building’s wall. ©Mark D Phillips Things the Media says —— CNN: “Experts say it’s a visceral example of what climate change can do to the planet’s most fearsome storms — supercharging […]
Jay Cochrane, The Prince of the Air, stepped into history 30 years ago on October 28, 1995, with The Great China Skywalk in Qutang Gorge over the Yangtze River, setting the record for combined distance and height. We will be posting daily about what it was like building the walk wire and being part of the Fengjie community.
I had no idea what The Great China Skywalk by Jay Cochrane would be like after traveling 7500 miles from New York City. The day before the October 28, 1995, performance in Qutang Gorge, China, was the first time I ever saw Jay Cochrane walk on a wire. This guy was walking something narrower than a balance beam, a 3/4 inch wire, for a half mile, over a river, in a canyon. I could not fathom the skill or athleticism that Jay’s profession required.
Tiananmen Square, Beijing, was the first stop for Mark D Phillips on his journey to the Great China Skywalk, with the 30th Anniversary on October 28, 1995.
Mark D Phillips’ chronicle of what was lost in Qutang Gorge with the Three Gorges Dam on the 30th anniversary of the GREAT CHINA SKYWALK by Jay Cochrane.
The Black Mountain Blues Festival brought together the best of blues on the first anniversary of Hurricane Helene, which devastated the area. Tourism needs to return and this was a grand first step. The lineup was first class with great indoor and outdoor venues, the downtown showing no sign of the devastation that took place 365 days ago
For 24 years I’ve been that guy who took that picture on 9/11. I go to parties and that’s how people introduce me. It makes you question if that email you received that said “you were put on the planet to take this picture” was true.
It was THE Election of 1994. Mandela was running for President of South Africa. Mark D Phillips and Andrea Peyser, a married columnist and photographer for The New York Post, traveled to South Africa to witness the true end of apartheid. For the first time in their lives, people born with black skin – the majority in this proud and beautiful nation – would be casting their votes.
Humans in space. Most can name the first astronaut or the first man on the moon. For me, eight other names were burned into my memory because of one of my photographs, Challengers’ destruction. Last week, I travelled to Washington, D.C., to visit the Challenger Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery and to view the Space Shuttle Discovery in her new life as a museum exhibit. This is my tribute to Challenger and Discovery.
Photoville 2025 will kick off with a celebratory opening weekend on June 7-8, 2025, and will run through June 22, 2025. As the sun goes down on the Opening Day of the Photoville 2025 festival, the annual Opening Night Celebration begins featuring an exploration of the stories behind the lens in CatchLight’s “Night of Photojournalism” and a preview of “Witness” by Tamir Kalifa.
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Gowanus Swirls by Mark D Phillips
Beautiful Metal print for your Home or Business!
A favorite image by Mark D Phillips in the Gowanus Abstract Fine Art Gallery.
Somewhere in the Orange by Mark D Phillips
Beautiful on Metal or Acrylic!
A favorite image by Mark D Phillips in the Gowanus Abstract Fine Art Gallery.