Mark Abrahams (photographer)

Born in Santa Ana, California, Abrahams discovered photography after receiving a Nikon FM camera. In the 1980s, he worked as a truck driver while developing film in a darkroom he set up at home.^[7][8] By the 1990s, he began photographing musicians and supermodels, with his work appearing in international editions of Vogue and GQ.^[8][9]

In 2015, he photographed Sharon Stone and Allison Williams for Harper's Bazaar.^[10][11] He has contributed over 630 editorial photographs featured in various fashion magazines and journals.^[12] He explains that in his portrait and editorial work, “The intent of it is to strip away all the norms and expectations and get to the heart of the matter."^[3]

His work has been exhibited internationally, including the Jaguar Summer Museum in Moscow in an exhibition "Two Colors".^[13][14]

In 2011, Abrahams released a book of black-and-white portraits, Mark Abrahams, which was launched by Annie Lebovitz.^{[8][15][16][17][18]}