Mark Dustin photography

About

Hi, I’m Mark. I’m an award-winning photographer based in Southern California with over 20 years of experience. I come from a long line of photographers working in the media and commercial fields. Growing up I saw a lot of my great grandfather’s work from his time as an AP photographer in the Los Angeles area.

I started my career in photography shooting youth sports team photos and quickly gravitated towards the challenges and pressures of journalism and began freelancing for magazines, newspapers and websites in Orange and Los Angeles Counties. During my last semester at Cal State Fullerton I received my first staff job working for Times Community News Orange County division.

There I gained experience of working under daily deadlines and dealing with the obstacles photojournalists face in an ever-changing media landscape. During my time there I climbed the ranks to Photo Editor before leaving in 2010. Since then I have been freelancing for various newspapers and magazines while covering a variety of events for clients throughout the southland.

Being behind the camera has afforded my numerous opportunities and privileges that I am eternally grateful for such as covering professional and amateur sporting events, concerts, presidential visits, natural disasters and most important, meeting members of our diverse community and learning about their stories. I always enjoy running into people I have photographed in the community and hearing how things are going for them. Thanks for taking the time to stop by and checking out my website. I hope you saw something you liked.