Photography

Jay Cochrane skywalks on Clifton Hill in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 2002. The first skywalk in over a hundred years went from the pinnacle of the Sheraton on the Falls Hotel to the Casino Niagara Tower at a height of 40 stories, with Niagara Falls as the backdrop. "Skywalk at Niagara" was the highest skywalk ever completed in Niagara Falls. PHOTO BY MARK D. PHILLIPS

Skywalk at Niagara, 20th Anniversary

By Mark D Phillips May 17, 2022 Photography Comments are Disabled

Beginning May 21, 2002, we celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Jay’s first skywalk in Niagara Falls, Canada. It began a “Decade of Skywalks” with his final walk on September 17, 2012.

Fotografiska New York is presenting a major retrospective, Memoria, which includes 77 photographs arranged in narrative sequences including many of James Nachtwey’s most prominent bodies of work.

James Nachtwey Memoria

By Mark D Phillips April 17, 2022 Photography Comments are Disabled

Fotografiska New York is presenting a major retrospective, Memoria, which includes 77 photographs arranged in narrative sequences including many of James Nachtwey’s most prominent bodies of work.

Smokey sunset on July 22, 2021, in Gowanus, Brooklyn, silhouettes the Statue of Liberty. ©Mark D Phillips

Pictures of the Year

By Mark D Phillips December 30, 2021 Photography 0 comments

My absolute favorite PICTURE of the YEAR is Freedom’s Fire, an image that came about because of arriving in Brooklyn and seeing the smoke filled view from our ninth floor condo looking to the Statue of Liberty and New Jersey in the west.

Mikaela Shiffrin hugs her Nana after winning the slalom at the AUDI FIS Ski World Cup Slalom at Killington. Pauline Condron, the 95-year-old grandmother of the Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin, had never seen her 21-year-old granddaughterski in a World Cup race until Sunday.©Mark D Phillips

EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY: MIKAELA SHIFFRIN

By Mark D Phillips December 8, 2021 Photography Comments are Disabled

Looking back at my favorite picture of Mikaela Shiffrin with her Nana from the Killington Cup in 2017, I wanted to share this poignant moment once more.

9/11 Diptych is twenty years of New York 9/11 history with two images by Mark D Phillips – “Satan in the Smoke” and “The Hand of God” – printed on 11″ x 14″ aluminum, made to hang floating on the wall.

Satan in the Smoke, 20 Years After

By Mark D Phillips August 20, 2021 News & Stories, Photography Comments are Disabled

Satan in the Smoke was one of the first electronic viral images. Sent over email before social media, the image appeared in millions of inboxes across the country. My website crashed from the million hits it received. The image was vilified as fake by major news organizations, I had to […]

AT-HOME HEROES: AN HOMAGE TO PARENTING THROUGH THE PANDEMIC; Photo by Andy Lin

AT-HOME HEROES: An Outdoor Exhibit Projected On The Manhattan Bridge

By Mark D Phillips May 8, 2021 Photography Comments are Disabled

The Dumbo Improvement District and Photoville present an outdoor photography exhibit projected on the Manhattan Bridge of New Yorkers dealing with home life in the COVID-19 Pandemic. Over 150 photographers shared their views from all five boroughs.

Mark D Phillips' photographic collection documents his generational view of the Gowanus Canal from abandoned, industrial filth to the beginning of gentrification and the EPA's start to cleaning the Superfund site.

Gowanus Canal: Brooklyn’s Superfund Waterway

By Mark D Phillips April 7, 2021 Photography Comments are Disabled

For over thirty years, Mark D Phillips has documented the Gowanus waterway and the surrounding urban environment. Gowanus Canal: Brooklyn’s Superfund Waterway is SouthBrooklyn and Phillips new photography stock photo location for general editorial use with minimal licensing fees.