Mark Fiennes
Mark Fiennes (born November 11, 1933 in Darlton , Northumberland , † December 30, 2004 in Clare ) was a British photographer .
life and work
Fiennes, son of the industrialist Maurice Fiennes , had his main focus in the field of architecture and landscape photography . In 1985 he was commissioned to photographically document the Treasure Houses of Britain exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. He then documented the restoration of Windsor Castle for the Royal Collections .
He was commissioned with book illustrations by the publishers HarperCollins , Random House , Thames & Hudson and Yale University Press (e.g. The American Country House , 2004). Between 1983 and 1995 he photographed a. a. for Country Life magazine .
His marriage to Jennifer Lash gave birth to the actors Ralph and Joseph , the filmmakers Martha and Sophie, and the composer Magnus Fiennes . He also had a foster son, the archaeologist Michael Emery. In 1996 Fiennes married the artist Caroline Evans for the second time.
Web links
- Mark Fiennes Picture Library
- Obituary in the Guardian
- Obituary in the Independent
- Obituary Country Life
- Literature by and about Mark Fiennes in the WorldCat bibliographic database
Individual evidence
- ^ Susanna Rustin: The famous Fiennes , The Guardian , December 3, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fiennes, Mark |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British photographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1933 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darlton , Northumberland |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2004 |
| Place of death | Clare |