Mark Lisk has long roamed the deserts, mountains and river canyons of the American west by foot. A graduate of Brooks Institute of Photographic Arts, Mark climbs from the sea to high ridges and plains, gathering within his camera worlds of color and expanse that few ever see or capture in any form. From dry curls of patterned lake bottom to the tiniest brilliant lichen set before a vast line of granite peaks, Mark’s foregrounds set him apart. His work fits whole universes of wilderness into single frames under-glass. Mark has recently re-discovered his passion for the black and white image. His strong sense of composition, complements black and white tones giving the viewer a sense of isolation, alone in a wide sweeping landscape. Mark’s photographs stand alone within five books, Idaho Impressions (1997); Salmon River Country (2005); Desert Water (2005); Idaho-Portrait of a State (2007); and his newest, Owyhee Canyon Lands (2008).Specialties: Photographing the wild lands of the American West.