Mark Elson Pictures

At the Emerson Colonial Theater in downtown Boston to see THE BYRDS, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman, on the Sweetheart of the Rodeo, the seminal country-rock album which launched a 1000 Americana roots rock bands, fifty year celebration tour. Marty Stuart and The Fabulous Supleratives are performing with the Byrds. This iPhone snapshot was taken just before the show started. The show was great! The best rock, country, folk, rockabilly experience I’ve ever had-4sure. #sweetheartoftherodeo #thebyrds #music #countryrock #rockandroll #rockabilly #countrymusic #folkmusic #rootsmusic (at Emerson Colonial Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoNz99QAyTU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a04tg3zzqymz

I redesigned my website...take a look: https://www.markelsonpictures.com #fineartphotography #westernavestudios #editorialphotography #newenglandartist #wetplate #tintype (at Western Avenue Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnuN04uhM5h/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1s6udycf2lmdc

MILL GIRLS MEMORIAL photograph on display at the 5th floor A-Wing at Western Avenue Studios. Open Studios tomorrow from 12noon to 5pm. I’ll be in my studio, A516, so stop in. Thanks go out to @billbradburyartist @donsullivan5945 and @lauriesimko #westernavestudios #alternativephotography #19thcentury #tintype #stereophotography #openstudios #lowell #fineartphotography (at Western Avenue Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnK5ZzdhjCP/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=pao2higb6j7

MILL GIRLS MEMORIAL: Mill Girls, In the 19th century, worked long and hard hours in the textile mills in Lowell, Massachusetts. I can only imagine what their lives were like. I made these two stereo tintypes for them. Stereoscopic photography, This was the first 3D imagery, dates back to the 1840’s and by the 1850’s it was very popular. People would use stereo’s much the same way we use instagram - as a device of wonder. By Using a Lorgnette stereo card viewer you can see the “stereo effect.” Place the viewer on the tip of your nose and then place over the center of each individual photograph. Find the best distance (around 10”) for your eyes to focus and then relax your eyes. The photograph will become three dimensional. This print is on display at Western Avenue Studios (@westernavearts) on the 5th floor A-wing just off the elevator. This Saturday is Open Studios and I’ll be there from 12noon to 5pm in studio A516. The heat wave should be over and a cooler day predicted. Stop in and say hello. All Are Welcome. #westernavestudios #alternativephotography #19thcentury #tintype #stereophotography #fineart #fineartphotography #wetplate #wetplatecollodion #newengland #lowell #newenglandartist #industrialrevolution # https://www.instagram.com/p/BnERtBJh2u5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ltrbbhuee77i

This is a stereo tintype of my studio window @westernavearts Studio A516. Stereo photography date back to the early 1840’s and by the 1850’s were very popular. This was the first 3D imagery. If you have a Lorgnette stereo card viewer( available through Berezin Stereo Photography Products) you can see this image in 3D. #stereophotography #wetplate #wetplatecollodion #tintype #19thcentury #alternativephotography #westernavestudios (at Western Avenue Studios)

Going on now till 5pm OPEN STUDIOS @westernavearts. Stop by my studio, Number A516, and take gander at a series I have been working on “Views From My Studio Window.” The hot weather broke and it’s a cool day in downtown Lowell, Massachusetts. The address is: Western Avenue Studios 122 Western Avenue Lowell, MA 01851. #westernavestudios #lowell #lowellma #bostonart #fineartphotographer #studio #cityphotography #cityscapes #newengland

Thanks to my friend and painter, Don Sullivan, I have a sign above my studio at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, MA. Also thanks go to Bill Bradbury and Gary Destramp for their help with this. Stop by the studio today as it is Open Studios till 5pm. #artstudio #photographystudio #fineartphotography #wetplate #tintype #19thcentury #lowell #westernavestudios (at Western Avenue Studios)

The sunsets from my Western Avenue Studio in Lowell, Massachusetts, are beautiful. I enjoy the blend of the natural world and the industrial landscape of Lowell, which was a planned manufacturing mill center for textiles, being built in the 19th century. The people of Lowell have a proud and strong tradition of hard work and down to earth values. I’m grateful to be involved with this gutsy community @westernavearts. #landscapephotographer #cityscape #finearts #fineartphotographer #artstudio #studio #lowell #lowellma #westernavestudios (at Western Avenue Studios)

The sunsets from my Western Avenue Studio are beautiful. I enjoy the blend of the natural world and the industrial landscape of Lowell, Massachusetts. Lowell was the first planned industry city built in the 19th century it has a proud and strong tradition of hard work and down to earth values. I’m grateful to be involved with this vibrant community @westernavearts. #landscapephotographer #cityscape #finearts #fineartphotographer #artstudio #studio #lowell #lowellma #westernavestudios (at Western Avenue Studios)

I recently shot a photo editorial for the magazine Cloth•Paper•Scissors of the book artist, Ali Manning, at her Western Avenue Studios-(@westernavearts) in Lowell, Massachusetts. Ali was pleasure to work with and her studio is a warm and airy place to be in. To see more of the story visit Cloth•Paper•Scissors: https://www.interweave.com/store/mixed-media/magazines/magazine-issues/cloth-paper-scissors-may-june-2018-print-edition https://www.interweave.com/store/mixed-media/magazines/magazine-issues/cloth-paper-scissors-may-june-2018-digital-edition #mixedmediacps #vintagepagedesigns #editorialphotography #editorialphotographer #magazine #mixedmedia #arts #artstudio #westernavestudios (at Western Avenue Studios)

This is another view I made of my studio window at Western Avenue Studios in Lowell, Massachusetts. It was taken in early fall 2017 at dusk. I did not color correct for the overhead lights as I wanted the interior walls to have a green cast and so the setting sun would have an intense blood red coloring to it, a cinematic film noir quality, an ominous feeling. #editorialphotography #fineart #fineartphotography #fineartphotographer #filmnoir #cinematic #color #colorphotography #lowell #westernavestudios (at Western Avenue Studios)

This is a wet plate photograph of a sutler I made for my book, “Battlefields of Honor: American Civil War Reenactors”(Merrell Publishers). “ Sutlers sold wares from the back of a wagon or a temporary tent, traveling with an army or to remote Sutlers sold wares from the back of a wagon or a temporary tent, traveling with an army or to remote military outposts”-Wikipedia. This immersion reenactment was in the Los Padres mountains above Ojai, CA. The public was not invited as the reenactors from the First Texas infantry recreated a Confederate military encampment. It was a lot of fun to have been their guest and I want to thank Terry Handy and his fellow reenactors for the opportunity. #wetplate #tintype #fineartphotography #documentaryweddingphotography #documentaryweddingphotographer #civilwar #reenactment #livinghistory #editorialphotography (at Western Avenue Studios)

This is a wet plate photograph of a sutler I made for my book, “Battlefields of Honor: American Civil War Reenactors”(Merrell Publishers). “ Sutlers sold wares from the back of a wagon or a temporary tent, traveling with an army or to remote Sutlers sold wares from the back of a wagon or a temporary tent, traveling with an army or to remote military outposts”-Wikipedia. This immersion reenactment was in the Los Padres mountains above Ojai, CA. The public was not invited as the reenactors from the First Texas infantry recreated a Confederate military encampment. It was a lot of fun to have been their guest and I want to thank Terry Handy and his fellow reenactors for the opportunity. #wetplate #tintype #fineartphotography #documentaryweddingphotography #documentaryweddingphotographer #civilwar #reenactment #livinghistory #editorialphotography (at Western Avenue Studios)