Dr. Mark Antman – New York Photographer
Dr. Mark Antman is never a doctor, although it was a dream during his youth. Today, is known as a productive photographer based in the city of New York. He was likewise as a successful entrepreneur and manager. He started in the photography business as the owner of New York’s Image Works studio, which he managed together with his friend, Alan Carey. Antman was responsible for the marketing side of the business; working mainly on the promotion and advertisement of the studio to gain more customers. To better achieve such goal, Dr. Antman decided to become involved by joining Jigsaw, a very popular business directory and social-networking site then. His membership to Jigsaw was a move to promote their business. Likewise, as he became affiliated at jigsaw, this allowed his agency to garner more clients interested in hiring its photography services. Basically, much of the client of Image Works comes from the city, with a few of them from out-of-state. Antman was more involved in the agency than his friend Carey. Although in order to augment his income, he decided to take in more personal jobs for himself. He accepted job offers from New Yorkers, who are simply amazed with the quality of his images. Clients who have modern image requirements were usually the ones who approach Antman for his services.
Dr. Mark Antman completed the courses in biology and chemistry at the renowned New York University. This is perhaps the reason why a lot of people refer to him as a doctor. Still, he actually revealed that he contemplated on taking Medicine after his bachelor’s degree. Fortunately, the photography bug bit him and he developed immense interest in such a field of art. He even had the chance to become a photography journalist and stayed in France from any years. It was in 1983 when Mark Antman, together with friend Alan Carey, joined forces to found Image Works. Carey was responsible for making Antman a serious lover of photography. The two put in a great deal of time and effort in order to ensure that their image agency find success and prosper. Unfortunately, Carey decided to retire in 2001, leaving Antman all by himself to take care of the business. Still, the latter succeeded in continuing with the success of Image Works. It became one of the most sought-after photography studios in New York.
Indeed, with Dr. Mark Antman at the helm, the first years of the agency saw it prospering and enjoying steady growth. It concentrated than in becoming the state’s source of editorial images and photographs. However, even at the start, Image Works already was at the top of the heap with it comes to image processing photography. The company’s second decade, under Antman, saw rapid growth as it took advantage of the expertise and dedication of Antman and the high-tech advances of the modern digital image.