Mark Bartkiw, is a photographic artist with twenty years of experience since studying photography at Sheridan College. While in Toronto he has worked in a range of genre including editorial, portrait, advertising, fashion and music industry photography. An award from Photo District News, New York, recognized Bartkiw’s fashion work in 2002 Since moving to rural Ontario, Bartkiw’s emphasis has shifted from freelance photography to creating new bodies of work that focus on his personal vision. His organic farming experience paralleled his early childhood relationship with farming and has resulted in intimate photographs of plants, insects and detritus, all made with his unique close-up selective focus approach. He pays special attention to these tiny details found in the natural and constructed environment so as to draw our attention to the minute beauty of the often overlooked.