Los Angeles-based Mark Edward Harris is an award-winning international photographer with more than three decades of experience. He has traveled to over 100 countries so far, authored and published award-winning books focused on daily cultural life in Southeast Asia, China, North Korea, Japan, Iraq and Iran.
His photography work is being exhibited in impressive private collections, museums, and galleries around the globe. His editorial work has appeared in the most important publications worldwide, including The New York Times, The London Times Travel Magazine, National Geographic Traveler, Forbes, LIFE, Vanity Fair, GEO, The Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, and many others.
Harris is also the recipient of numerous awards including a CLIO Award for advertising photography, an Aurora Gold Award for commercial directing, and an ACE Award for directing and producing a video for television. Harris shares his photographic knowledge through teaching photography workshops around the globe.
In 2012, he was a keynote speaker in Yokohama at the International Travel Mart, presenting his series on Japanese ryokans and hot springs In the wake of the country’s tsunami and at the Travel Photography Festival at the Royal Geographical Society in London.
In 2013 his first book on South Korea and his second book on North Korea were released with a book tour including stops at the Pacific Asia Museum in Pasadena, the Korea Society in New York, and the Newseum in Washington, DC. “North Korea” was named “Photography Book of the Year” at the International Photography Awards. In 2017 Focal Press published, “The Travel Photo Essay: Describing a Journey Through Images.”
A 3rd edition of “The Way of the Japanese Bath” was released in 2019. Mark’s next book, “The People of the Forest,” will focus on orangutans.
Instagram: @MarkEdwardHarrisPhoto
Website: www.MarkEdwardHarris.com
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