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{{short description|American rock music photographer}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2019}}
[[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 50x20 |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rolling-Stones-50x20/Chris-Murray/9781608871322 |publisher=Insight Editions |isbn=9781608871322 }}</ref> His most widely recognized photographs capture the look and aesthetic of music and celebrity personalities of the 1980s. His work with publications such as ''[[Circus (magazine)|Circus]]'' magazine and ''FACES'' helped establish Mark "Weissguy" Weiss as a name known for rock photography. He has photographed a wide range of acts including the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Madonna and Wu Tang Clan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weissguygallery.com/archive/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130930192913/http://www.weissguygallery.com/archive/ | archive-date=2013-09-30| title=Weissguy Gallery}}</ref>▼
▲'''Mark Weiss''' is an American [[rock music]] photographer.<ref>{{cite book |last=Murray |first=Chris |date=November 20, 2012 |title=Rolling Stones 50x20 |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rolling-Stones-50x20/Chris-Murray/9781608871322 |publisher=Insight Editions |isbn=9781608871322 }}</ref> His most widely recognized photographs capture the look and aesthetic of music and celebrity personalities of the 1980s. His work with publications such as ''[[Circus (magazine)|Circus]]'' magazine and ''FACES'' helped establish Mark "Weissguy" Weiss as a name known for rock photography. He has photographed a wide range of acts including the Rolling Stones, Kiss, Madonna and Wu Tang Clan.<ref>http://www.weissguygallery.com/archive/</ref>
▲==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>
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==Influence==
===Musicians===
Weiss has been credited with introducing [[Sebastian Bach]] to the band [[Skid Row (American band)|Skid Row]]. Bach's memorable performance at Weiss' wedding caught the notice of guitarist Dave Sabo, who consequently sent Bach a video of his band Skid Row performing, and arranged an audition. The band went on to make two multi-platinum selling albums with Bach as lead vocalist.<ref>{{cite
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
==Famous Weiss photographs==
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