Mark Kelly is an award-winning photographer based in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada. He received a Kodak Instamatic camera on his 8th birthday and has not stopped clicking since. His passion for photography has led him around the world to photograph inspiring people, places, landscapes, and events.

Mark holds a Master of Education in counselling specializing in photography for personal change. During that time, he discovered the importance of photography for social change. Since 2004, Mark has worked individually and organizations to create work that encourages viewers to consider social needs at home and globally.

Mark has taught other photography lovers for over 25 years through workshops, multi-day courses and photo-walks. He offers workshops locally and internationally, including annual photography experiences in the United Kingdom, Southern Africa and Northern Canada.

Mark’ book Beyond Mile Zero: The Vanishing Alaska Highway Lodge Community (Harbour Publishing) with writer Lily Gontard won the Yukon Heritage Award for Innovation, Education and Community Engagement and the 2018 silver medal in travel writing at the Independent Publishers Book Awards (IPPY) and the 2018 Foreward Indies Book of the Year gold medal for travel. Mark’s work has also been published by notable media including The Canadian Press, CBC, EnRoute, the Globe and Mail, Geist, Maclean’s, PostMedia, Red Bull, Up Here Magazine, and Yukon North of Ordinary.

In recent years Mark has found his way back to outdoor pursuits and adventure-based photography. He is the official photographer for the Montane Yukon Arctic Ultra and shoots for other adventure races around the North. Mark was the co-host of the popular CBC podcast Northern Exposures and founder member of the Writing with Light Society which organized the annual First Light Image Festival in Whitehorse. Mark’s current mainstay focuses on commercial, portrait and event photography based out of his downtown Whitehorse studio.