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= Arjun Mark =

Arjun Mark (born 1980) is an acclaimed Indian fashion photographer regarded for his resolutely bold and modern aesthetic. He is recognised for being listed on Lurzer’s Archive's 200 Best Ad Photographers Worldwide and is a Canon EOS Ambassador for India.

Arjun’s work was curated at the ‘BEST OF SHOW’ exhibition in New York during LUCIE Awards Week at Zankel Hall, a coveted collective attended by Peter Lindbergh and other artists of eminence. In 2017, he was awarded 1st place at the Lucie Awards held in New York in the category, ‘Advertising & Beauty'.

Early life and background
Arjun Mark was born in the southernmost part of India and he grew up moving across towns and cities within South India. His mother was an artist and hence it is from her where Arjun acquired the artistic skills and flair for art.

After schooling, he enrolled for a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science which he discontinued in a year to peruse a three-year Bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication in Loyola College, Chennai. This is where he got introduced to photography for the first time. Since then there was no looking back from photography as this medium of art made him discern another altogether unexpected side of him and has become the premise of his artistic exploration.

During college Arjun was very interested in scientific high-speed photography. His inspiration was Harold Eugene Edgerton. He experimented capturing water splash and speeding air-gun pellets in his room with DIY sound triggers and motion detectors. All of these experiments were done with conventional film DSLR cameras. To fund his film rolls and equipment during college, he worked as a part-time freelance photographer shooting fashion shows and events.