Photography & Imaging
 | Mark Bussell |
Biography
Mark Bussell is the former Picture Editor of The New York Times and of The New York Times Magazine. As Special Projects Editor for the Times, he worked with the Museum of Modern Art to produce the book and exhibit Pictures of the Times: A Century of Photography from The New York Times and developed strategies to turn articles from the daily newspaper into the newspaper’s first video and web presentations. On and after Sept. 11, 2001, Mark shot and produced breaking news videos and features pieces about the attack for The New York Times on the Web. Mark conceived and edited the award-winning book Without Sanctuary, a collection of photographs dealing with lynching in America and helped organize the accompanying exhibit at The New-York Historical Society, as well as the project’s web site, now at withoutsanctuary.org. The exhibit continues to travel around the United States and the world. Mark also helped edit and write introductions for Capturing the Moment: The Sports Photography of Barton Silverman (Diane Publishing, 1996) and Cityscapes by Claudio Edinger (DBA, 2001). He conceived and researched Campaigns: A Century of Presidential Races From the Photo Archives of The New York Times (DK Publishing, 2001). For the Discovery Channel, Mark worked with Providence Pictures, did on-location production in Egypt for “The Search for Imhotep” (2000) and “Women Pharoahs” (2001). Mark Bussell was one of two American artists invited to the 2003 Pingyao International Photography festival in China, where his video, Accidental Chronicle, was a featured presentation. The video, a compilation of stills taken from five years of work, was also selected by the Millennium Art Museum of China for the first Beijing International Art Biennial. Mark is currently working for Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts documenting their three-year redevelopment project. He also continues to work on his own photographic and video projects.
