Mark Cohen is an American photographer best known for his innovative close-up street photography. For years, on the streets of his home city, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and surrounding working-class towns, Cohen shot quickly and assertively. He held his flash in one hand and his camera in the other and shot extremely close to his subjects, frequently focusing on a single body part or article of clothing. He never looked through his viewfinder to compose the frame.
“If you’re very close to people and someone takes a swing at you, you don’t want to have your head behind a viewfinder because you can’t be aware of the situation,”
he said.
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| People on Porch, 65, 63, 1977 |
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| Three Boys Posing, 1975 |
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| Girl with Bat and Ball, 1977 |
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| Woman with Red Lips Smoking, 1975 |
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| Woman by Steps with Bag, 1974 |
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| Boy with Chain |
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| Man in Red Shirt in Car with Baby, 1977 |
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| Woman in Scarf, 1975 |
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| ine Street School, Hazelton, 1977 |
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| Two Boys and Open Car, 1977 |
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| Improvised Beach, 1975 |
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| Inner Tube and Toys on Porch, 1977 |
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| Legs and Boy in Pool, 1977 |
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| Young Limbs, 1981 |
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| Boy in Yellow Shirt Smoking, 1977 |
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| Flashed Boy in Blue Jacket With Six Shooter, 1974 |
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| Girl and Man at Road, 1975 |
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| Girl Holding Blackberries, 1975 |
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| One Red Glove, 1975 |
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| Small Hand by Yellow Shirt, 1975 |
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| Karate Stance, 1977 |
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| Family Walking, 1977 |
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