Mark Cohen (b. 1943) was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Cohen photographs people close-up, using a wide-angle lens and a flash, mostly in black and white, frequently cropping their heads from the frame and concentrating on small details.  Cohen’s preferred method is not to announce his presence but abruptly approach people and shoot instantly, before they have time to react. Known primarily for his black and white images, he was also a pioneer of the 1970s color movement.

Cohen’s work is in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Fogg Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.