Author Archives: Mark Mushet

About Mark Mushet

I'm a Vancouver-based photographer, video producer and occasional designer who provides top-flight imaging and media services for local and international clients in business and the arts.

Stéphane Roy

My most recent cover image for Jean-François Denis’ formidable Electro CD label in Montreal is for this incredible, current, and award-nominated release by Stéphane Roy. It is my second for him. It came about quickly once Stèphane told me the … Continue reading

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Manuella Blackburn

Of the many music-related projects I’ve done, those stemming from my ongoing relationship with Manuella Blackburn and David Berezan have been among my favourites. The two are an electro-acoustic composition power couple (that’s just fun to say!) who compose, write, … Continue reading

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VOX Electronica

This is the poster for Vancouver Pro Musica’s blowout weekend of new music. While the main event is the Sonic Boom Festival there was this adjacent concert featuring specially commissioned works for electronics and voice. It is such a rich … Continue reading

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Friends of Chamber Music’s 77th Season Posters

I’m very happy with this year’s poster series for Friends of Chamber Music’s 77th Season. But I’m sad that long time board president and beating heart of the organization for decades, Eric Wilson, took his final bow earlier in the … Continue reading

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The Return of Saxophilia

I’ve just designed a new CD package for Colin MacDonald’s superb new music sax quartet, Saxophilia. The group is performing new work in concert again so I also designed two posters for performances over the summer of 2023. The font … Continue reading

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Friends of Chamber Music’s 75th Season Posters

For this season’s look I decided to riff on the cyanotype and the x-ray or “Ray-o-gram” process from photography’s experimental days of olde! This was inspired by an exhibit by Jonah Samson that I reviewed early in 2022 for Galleries … Continue reading

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Veda Hille – Time

This is a still from a new video I did for Veda Hille’s dreamy setting of a WH Auden poem which appears on her excellent 2022 release Beach Practice You can see the video here:

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Jay Cabalu’s Extra!

This portrait accompanied my Galleries West review of Jay Cabalu’s wonderful show Extra! at On Main Gallery, curated by Paul Wong. We met up at The Crescent in the Shaughnessy neighbourhood of Vancouver and did a walkabout in the arboretum, … Continue reading

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New Faces at Early Music Vancouver

These are the new official portraits of Early Music Vancouver’s concert master Chloe Meyers. She’s appeared with EMV many times over the years but these are the official portraits in advance of the 2022 Bach Festival. If you’ve not attended … Continue reading

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Upstaged!

I’ve done many portraits of BC author/legend George Bowering over the years but this one was a little different. Asked by the publisher to think “So you want it darker?” (in reference to Leonard Cohen’s final album) I had George … Continue reading

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