Waking up "Naptown" one mind at a time...
A Conversation With Mark Orr
Interview W/ INDY native photographer Mark Orr:
6/28/09
-MAD: Mark, it's excellent to speak with you and thanks for taking some time to talk. I've been checking out your various photo galleries for the past couple of weeks, and it's terrific that you're able to capture such uniqueness and beauty from around our home state of Indiana. Before we begin, what initially drove your passion in photography and what first inspired and influenced your own career?
-MARK: Hey Mad. Thank you for allowing me to talk about my passion for photography. I think my first interest in photography occurred when I was really young and my parents had one of those Polaroid one-step cameras. You take the pic...and voila! It comes right out of the camera and you get to watch it develop right before your eyes. That was state of the art stuff back then. That was back when Simon & Garfunkel were singing about Kodachrome...and those nice bright colors, greens of summer and the entire world was a sunny day....ha.
I really got serious about photography a few years ago. I was taking pictures of family members, businesses, old homesteads, schoolhouses etc., for my genealogy research and found that I really enjoyed trying to get the best photo I could get. I also have a penchant for spooky old cemeteries.
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6/28/09
-MAD: Mark, it's excellent to speak with you and thanks for taking some time to talk. I've been checking out your various photo galleries for the past couple of weeks, and it's terrific that you're able to capture such uniqueness and beauty from around our home state of Indiana. Before we begin, what initially drove your passion in photography and what first inspired and influenced your own career?
-MARK: Hey Mad. Thank you for allowing me to talk about my passion for photography. I think my first interest in photography occurred when I was really young and my parents had one of those Polaroid one-step cameras. You take the pic...and voila! It comes right out of the camera and you get to watch it develop right before your eyes. That was state of the art stuff back then. That was back when Simon & Garfunkel were singing about Kodachrome...and those nice bright colors, greens of summer and the entire world was a sunny day....ha.
I really got serious about photography a few years ago. I was taking pictures of family members, businesses, old homesteads, schoolhouses etc., for my genealogy research and found that I really enjoyed trying to get the best photo I could get. I also have a penchant for spooky old cemeteries.
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