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A graduate of Springfield’s Classical High School, Mark Chester spent his formative years in the city before embarking on a distinguished career in photography. In addition to serving as the Director of Photography at the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, Chester has been active as photojournalist, and his work is represented in numerous publications and museum collections.
Chester’s Twosomes series features cleverly matched pairings of photographs from across his four-decade career. The duos reveal unexpected commonalities between images taken years and miles apart. At times poignant and often humorous, the selected pairings bring together Iceland and Cuba, airport benches with city scenes, and blend the majestic with the mundane. A reflection of artist’s keen eye, clever musings, and witty sense of humor, Chester’s Twosomes elevate ordinary moments and speak to our shared humanity.
Twosomes and Then Some
Mark Chester has published his photographs and feature stories in the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, and Christian Science Monitor, among others. He was the photographer for Charles Kuralt’s book Dateline America. His photographs are in the permanent collections of museums in Baltimore, Brooklyn, Springfield (MA), Denver, Portland, and San Francisco, as well as in American University’s Katzen Collection and the Lehigh University Museum. Born in Baltimore, Chester grew up in western Massachusetts and now lives on Cape Cod.
Images: Wagon Wheel Gas Station, Nebraska, 1978 (left), and Wagon Driver, Wyoming, 1976 (right). Archival pigment prints by Mark Chester (American, born 1945). Museum purchase through the generous support of Malcolm Fraser, Mark Halperin, Barry Izenstein, Geoffrey Neigher, Astrit L. Seiti, Donna Sisitsky, and an anonymous donor. Photography by John Polak.