Ryan Mark

@selfselfdefense.bsky.social

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Ryan is an English photographer known for his raw, snapshot style approach, blending fine art, fashion, and portraiture. His work embraces overexposure and unposed subjects, rejecting traditional glamour for a gritty, honest, often provocative perspective.

https://t.me/c/3807589198/121

Full story on my telegram, I try to explain my thoughts on photographing people from behind or obscuring the face.

Untitled Portrait taken on a Ricoh GR2

Spontaneous fashion portrait, a "go see" but I go to them.

#ricohgr2 #fashionphotography #portraitphotography

Untitled Street Portrait

A man pauses beneath a city awning, caught mid-gesture with his hand pressed to his face. His stance is casual yet uncertain, as if interrupted in thought. He looks directly at the camera, creating a quiet tension between subject and observer.

The image embraces overexposure and softness, washing out the background of passing cars and pedestrians. This flattening of detail shifts focus onto the moment itself rather than the setting.

Unposed and unrefined, the photograph resists traditional ideas of portraiture, instead offering a fleeting, honest encounter drawn from everyday life.