Skateboarder at Venice Beach Skatepark Photograph

Mark Stout is an award winning professional and fine art photographer. In reviews of his most recent gallery opening, his work is compared to that of the masters Robert Mapplethorpe and Herb Ritz. He is an active member of the photographic community and served as the Chairman of the Board of the Colorado Chapter of American Photographic Artists for three years. He has been interviewed by numerous magazines, including Asian Photography Magazine, and by the Copyright Alliance. While he works as a full time commercial photographer, his passion is to create work that invites the viewer to contribute to the story, and to open his/her eyes and think.