# @westernavearts on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXC1TqWjyJ_
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64221787-westernavearts-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/57f08aef04.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-12T20:01:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Western Avenue | Studios & Lofts (@WesternAveArts) — https://gondola.cc/WesternAveArts

## Caption

#Artist365 brings us to the work of Mark Elson of Studio 508

Mark Elson is a Boston-based photographer with more than 20 years of experience. He is the photographer/author of the book Battlefields of Honor: American Civil War Reenactors (Merrill Publishers), and his work has been featured in View Camera magazine, Black & White: For Collectors of Fine Photography and Hallowed Ground.

• His freelance editorial photographs have been published in such publications such as Quilting Arts, Cloth Paper Scissors, Modern Patchwork, and Studios

• He studied photography at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan.

• In addition to digital and analog photography, Mark also works in the 19th century wet plate collodion photography, which is making tin types and glass plate negatives.

• Prior to his photography career, Mark worked in the film industry in Los Angeles. He was on scholarship at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, where he was a directing fellow. He worked in production on major films and television shows.

Check out his work markelsonpictures

#StudioLife #ArtistAtWork #SupportLocalArtists #MadeInLowell #ExploreLowell #CivilWarReenactors #WetPlateCollodion #FineArtPhotography #PhotographyCommunity #ArtPhotography #VisualStorytelling

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supportlocalartists, artphotography, wetplatecollodion, civilwarreenactors, artist365, madeinlowell, fineartphotography, explorelowell, artistatwork, studiolife, visualstorytelling, photographycommunity

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