Mark Vessey

Mark Vessey is a British photographic artist whose work is inspired by the idea of creating art prints from collections of everyday objects. He spends his life searching for that elusive edition of a magazine; that one book that will make his collection complete. He explores every facet of them with an intensity that only a collector can.

Suitably enough, his ongoing body of photography prints is called Collections. It takes inspiration from Vessey’s love of vintage magazines like The Face and Playboy, as well as groundbreaking contemporary titles like Attitude. Vessey also celebrates one of the enduring icons of the book publishing world: the Penguin paperback.

Individually, these publications are a snapshot in time. When put together in physical and photographic form these collections take on new meaning.