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Mark Whiteley | |
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| Born | Los Altos, CA[1] |
| Occupations | Photographer, magazine editor |
Mark Whiteley is an American skateboarder, photographer, writer, and former editor-in-chief of Slap Magazine.[2][3][4][5][6]
Skateboarding
[edit]Whiteley was a video filmer during high school and college.[6] He worked for 411, Think, Real, Stereo, Thrasher, Santa Cruz, and other companies.[6] Working in the Northern California skateboarding industry, Whiteley got to know a good deal of skaters and others through being out skating and filming.[6][7]
Slap Magazine
[edit]Lance Dawes, the original editor of SLAP, was looking for an assistant-type editor when Phil Shao and Paul Zuanich recommended Whiteley to Dawes.[6] After a positive meeting with Fausto Vitello, Whiteley started working at Slap Magazine on August 10, 1998 as managing editor.[6] One year after Whiteley began working at Slap, Lance Dawes moved down to Los Angeles and Whiteley was handed the editor-in-chief reigns.[6]
Photography
[edit]Whiteley conducted a series of interviews focused around skateboarding and photography.[1] The interview series titled Rolling Through the Shadows was sponsored by Leica Camera.[1]
Photography books
[edit]We Are All in the Gutter But Some Of Us Are Holding Flashes – 2015[3]
This Is Not A Photo Opportunity – 2009[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "ROLLING THROUGH THE SHADOWS: MARK WHITELEY". Leica – Camera Blog.
- ↑ "Photographer Mark Whiteley hosts a skate photographer blog series for Leica cameras". X Games. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- 1 2 3 "What inspires skate polymath Mark Whiteley?". Huck Magazine. May 2, 2015. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ↑ Administrator. "FECAL FACE DOT COM". FECAL FACE DOT COM. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ↑ "SLAP Party". www.thrashermagazine.com. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "MARK WHITELY | 2009 – 48 BLOCKS MEDIA". Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ↑ Moniz, Tomas; Smith, Jeremy Adam (2011). Rad Dad: Dispatches from the Frontiers of Fatherhood. PM Press. ISBN 978-1-60486-481-6.