SLC GALLERY STROLL ANNOUNCES AN EVENING WITH MARK TWIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS & GALLERY RECEPTION – Featuring his NEW book REFUGE with overarching themes of Effort, Environment and Emotion
Salt Lake City, UT – (February 25, 2019) – Salt Lake City Gallery Stroll invites the public April 5th for an evening of imagery from Mark Twight’s latest book REFUGE. The show features images spanning his career including mountaineering in the Alps, Himalayas and the Alaska Range, to street scenes in London, Rome, Paris, St John's, Salt Lake City, and landscapes shot on the road in England, Iceland and the American West.
Twight, a renowned professional climber, retired voluntarily after a twenty yearlong career instead of being compelled to quit by injury or circumstances. “Of course, without climbing I felt a void inside. What will I become without the discipline climbing enforced, the hierarchy of values it shaped and the social circle it drew tightly around me?” Mark explained, “I believe choices lead to paths. Paths lead to destinations. My decision to start climbing put me on a lifelong path.”
A student of physical fitness during his entire climbing career, Mark founded Gym Jones – a physical training facility and web-based educational, motivational project. His method, developed by training elite athletes and military personnel, caught the attention of Hollywood, which lead to training actors for several blockbuster movies including: “300”, “Man of Steel”, “300: Rise of an Empire”, “The Man From U.N.C.L.E”, “Batman vs. Superman”, “Wonder Woman”, “Justice League” and “Aquaman”.
Climbing and training has brought Mark to places he would not have otherwise seen: Antarctica, Bulgaria, Israel, Iceland, Japan, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, Norway, Argentina, Bolivia, Australia, France, Italy, Spain, China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Canada and throughout America. “I have carried notebooks, a pen, open eyes and a camera in every place, but I don’t call myself a photographer. I have a camera. I point it at things. I know my way around it, the darkroom and the computer,” Mark claims, “although I am not now the man of action I was, what I did informs what I do and what I will do in the future.”
Twight now owns a media company producing periodicals, books and a weekly podcast that examines the intersection between art and action, the philosophy of effort and the active expression of it.
GALLERY RECEPTION: FRIDAY | APRIL 5TH | 6PM - 9PM Mark Twight will be presenting his story at 7PM 972 SOUTH 300 WEST | SALT LAKE CITY Free Parking | Eats provided by shutupEAT
SLC GALLERY STROLL ANNOUNCES AN EVENING WITH MARK TWIGHT PHOTOGRAPHS & GALLERY RECEPTION
MARK TWIGHT IS AUTHOR OF: “REFUGE – Effort, Environment and Emotion” “KISS OR KILL – Confessions of a Serial Climber” “EXTREME ALPINISM: Climbing Light, Fast and High”
AWARDS: 2017 American Alpine Club Underhill Award 2005 Trento Mountain Book Festival 2001 Banff Mountain Book Festival 1999 National Outdoor Book Award
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ABOUT MARK TWIGHT: In 2017, Mark Twight and Michael Blevins founded Nonprophet, LLC. in Salt Lake City, a media company producing periodicals, books and a weekly podcast. During his career as a professional climber Mark Twight made first ascents in the Alps, Himalayas, Alaska and the Canadian Rockies. Upon retirement he began training elite military personnel, combat athletes and actors for roles in the movies, "300", "Man of Steel", "Wonder Woman" and "Justice League" among others. Whether climbing or working he documented his travel with a camera and pen. His first two books earned several awards and are published in seven countries. Instagram: @wfmft, @_nonprophet_
ABOUT SALT LAKE GALLERY STROLL: Founded in 1983, Gallery Stroll began as a small consortium of fine art galleries. Today, as a separate non-profit organization, the Salt Lake Gallery Stroll supports the majority of galleries and visual-arts related businesses in Salt Lake City. The goal remains the same... to promote the best art Salt Lake City has to offer. Instagram: @gallerystroll facebook: @facebook.com/gallerys
