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{{short description|American rock music photographer}}
'''Mark Weiss''' is an American [[rock]] photographer.<ref>Rolling Stones Book 50x20 https://www.amazon.com/Rolling-Stones-50-x-20/dp/1608871320</ref> His most widely recognized photographs capture the look and aesthetic of music and celebrity personalities of the 1980s. His work with renowned publications such as ''[[Circus (magazine)|Circus]]'' magazine and ''FACES'' helped establish Mark "Weissguy" Weiss as a name known for rock photography. He has photographed everyone from the Rolling Stones, KISS, Madonna, to the Wu Tang Clan<ref>Archives http://www.weissguygallery.com/archive/</ref>▼
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[[File:Mark Weiss.png|thumb|Weiss in 2020]]
▲'''Mark Weiss''' is an American [[rock music]] photographer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Murray |first=Chris |date=November 20, 2012 |title=Rolling Stones
==Early life==
Mark Weiss grew up in a middle-class family in [[Matawan, New Jersey]], where his mother worked in public relations and his father was a door-to-door salesman. At the age of thirteen, he acquired a [[Bell & Howell]] [[Canon FP]] camera from a neighbor in exchange for lawn mowing services. This early experience with photography, nurtured by a crash course in developing film at his school, laid the foundation for his career in rock music photography.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Mark Weiss |url=https://thedecadethatrocked.com/intro/ |website=The Decade That Rocked}}</ref>
==Career==
===Beginnings===
As a teenager, Weiss photographed live concerts without permission, and sold prints of his photographs to fans of the performers. In 1977
===1980s===
Weiss quickly developed relationships with musicians and their managers, and became immersed in the burgeoning rock
==Influence==
===Musicians===
Weiss is also responsible for introducing guitarist [[Zakk Wylde]] to [[Ozzy Osbourne]]. Upon discovering him through recommendation from Dave "face" Feld, Weiss gave Ozzy and [[Sharon Osbourne]] a tape recording and photograph of Wylde. As a family friend of the Osbournes, and trusted long-time photographer of Ozzy, Weiss recommended the then teen-aged Wylde to take the lead guitarist role recently vacated by [[Jake E. Lee]]. The Osbournes called Zakk, still living with his parents at the time, and arranged to fly him to Los Angeles and join Ozzy's band.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=See Pre-Fame Sebastian Bach, Zakk Wylde Jam on Led Zeppelin at a 1987 Wedding |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/sebastian-bach-zakk-wylde-led-zeppelin-1987-mark-weiss-1080415/ |magazine=Rolling Stone|date=26 October 2020 }}</ref>
==Famous Weiss photographs==
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==External links==
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