Mark Citret’s statement at Gallery 291 When Ed Carey, the director of Gallery 291, asked me if I would like my photographs to be the inaugural show in the reborn and relocated gallery, I was honored and pleased. I gratefully....READ MORE
Forest’s Edge / Urban Fringe. Mark Citret at the Harrett Center College of Southern Idaho The natural landscape and the urban landscape have always felt more or less the same to me. I have to confess that if I was reading that statement for the first time it would strike me....READ MORE
Artist’s statement Mark Citret at Monterey Museum Exhibit In the early 1990s, having been a full time photographer for over 25 years, I began carrying a 35mm camera with me at all times. Hardly a radical....READ MORE
Scenes Encountered Along the Way Preface to the book Along the Way If I hold any convictions at all as a photographer, foremost among them would be the belief that there are pictures lurking everywhere. They are....READ MORE
Architectural Geology Introduction: The Seeing, Not the Scene It was in high school geometry class (sophomore year) that I first became aware of Zeno’s Paradox. This stated, roughly, that if you had a....READ MORE
Architectural Photography Architectural Photography: Accomplice to Crime or Servant to Posterity An architect once commented to me, upon viewing one of my photographs of a building that he particularly detested,....READ MORE
Where to Stand, Where to Put the Edges “There’s nothing worse than a sharp print of a fuzzy concept.” —Ansel Adams When photographers get talking, whether in conversation, books, workshops, or lectures, the subject of....READ MORE
Reno, Greed, … Reno, Greed, and Glow in the Dark Key Chains One January morning in 1981 I answered my phone to hear a cheerful voice identify itself as Valerie Hale, from J. & M. Special Editions of....READ MORE