Photographer's Spotlight: Mark Mawson - Aqueous Electreau

Greetings, fellow humans! How are you all doing today?

You all should know that I love to feature art and photos here on NIA SPEAKS. Though I have had blog posts solely for the artwork of particular artists, I have yet to do a post solely on one photographer's work - until now.

Lately, I've been contacting photographers to see if they'd like to be a part of my new feature, "Photographer's Spotlight." I will use this feature to showcase the talent of my photographer of choice.

First up is Mark Mawson, a man whose work I happened to stumble upon last week. Thankfully, he agreed to be my first feature.

From markmawson.com:

"Mark is an international award-winning photographer with 21 years of experience in capturing a full spectrum of people and places and specialises in shooting people underwater.

His Aqueous work has become very collectable and his recent series 'Aqueous Fluoreau' went viral at the beginning of 2012.

He is represented by several galleries and his personal work is in many private collections around the world.

2009 Sovereign Asian Art Awards - Finalist
2010 International Aperture Awards - Silver
2010 Dabomba Creative Awards - Platinum & Gold
2011 Dabomba Creative Awards - Gold

Mark has recently been shortlisted for the London Awards for Art and Performance 2012.

Mark's Aqueous video was projected onto the walls of Buckingham Palace in front of The Queen for the backdrop of Sir Paul McCartney's "Magical Mystery Tour", part of the diamond jubilee celebrations."

His work was presented in front of Her Majesty! That is so huge! I'm just happy he replied to my email!

Okay, okay. I'll post the photos now. The following photos are under Mr. Mawson's "Aqueous Electreau" section. If I understand correctly, this is ink underwater.

Isn't this amazingly beautiful? Don't be surprised if you see Mark Mawson featured here again.

Any favorites here? To see more of his work, visit http://www.markmawson.com/.

If you think you or someone you know should be featured here, comment below or email me at nialangleyspeaks@gmail.com.

Have a great day!

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Photos' citation: markmawson.com

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The Optimist Creed: Article 3

Greetings, fellow humans! I hope you all are doing well. Today I'm looking at the third article of the Optimist Creed. This one will be short. The creed is as follows...


Promise yourself...
To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness and prosperity to every person you meet.

To make all your friends feel that there is something in them.

To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true.

To think only of the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best.

To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.

To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future.

To wear a cheerful countenance at all times and give every living creature you meet a smile.

To give so much time to the improvement of yourself that you have no time to criticize others.

To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy to permit the presence of trouble.


First off, let me get one thing straight. There is worth in every single soul. Every last one.

However, not everyone has a feeling of self-worth. That could be real sad.

I would assume that everyone wants to feel special. Everyone wants to feel important. Everyone wants to feel awesome. Everyone wants to be worth something.

What to do? What to do?

Easy! Make these people feel special. Make them feel important. Make them feel awesome. Make them feel like they are worth something.

Compliment freely. Be scarce with criticism. Encourage people to grow. Love people.

Love, I think, is the best way to help people feel like there is something in them.

Start today!

Any thoughts?


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