In March 2016, while I was photographing the annual spring bloom in the Lowcountry of South Carolina, Our State Magazine--a North Carolina periodical--reached out to me and offered an opportunity to complete an assignment to be featured in the April 2017...
YEAR IN REVIEW 16 Memories for the Year 2016 Mark VanDyke, Photographer 7 December 2016 This year more than any before I began to understand that it's not about the image for me personally. I stopped obsessing about getting the image or wondering about how I'm going...
FROM THE FIELD October in Western North Carolina 2016 Mark VanDyke, Photographer 1 December 2016 It's always difficult to sum up an entire season in one post, especially when time has passed (is it really December?). That is, however, what I'm going to attempt here,...
I'm honored once again to have had the opportunity to contribute in the August 2016 issue of Our State Magazine with a photograph of the Fisherman's Net House along the Manteo Waterfront in the Outer Banks. Each month the magazine choses three photographs, one from...
I'm honored to once again have had the opportunity to contribute to the May 2016 Coastal Issue of Our State Magazine. My photograph of the Bonner Bridge as it crosses Oregon Inlet--a critical link between the Pamlico Sound and the Atlantic Ocean--was paired with the...
I'm honored to have another photograph in the April 2016 issue of Our State Magazine (pg.#152-153). To be completely upfront, sometimes photographs accompany stories that are far from the reality of my own life and circumstances as the photographer; I'm overjoyed,...
By the time August rolled around I was pretty down. It's not unusual for the summer months to be a bit of a downer for me from a photography standpoint as I try to hunker down and save money and energy for the coming autumn blitz. However, this was year two as a...
Publication: Our State Down Home in North Carolina Issue: September 2015, Volume 83, Number 4 Story: A Wall of Sand by John H. Tucker (p.#41-44) I'm honored to have another opportunity to work with the folks over at Our State Magazine for the month of...
Publication: WNC Magazine Issue: July / August 2015, Volume 09, Number 04 Story: VISTAS Photo Essay (p.#36-37) July / August brought me the opportunity to contribute a photograph of the Wilson Creek headwaters flowing underneath of the Tanawha Trail in the Blue...
Publication: Our State: Down Home in North Carolina Issue: March 2015, Amazing Place, Volume 82, Number 10 Story: Photo Essay: Amazing Place (p.13), Jan DeBlieu's Hatteras Island by Jan DeBlieu (p.88-89), and Now, Voyager by Scott Huler (p.142-143) STORY ONE: Jan...
Magazine - Our State: Down Home in North Carolina Issue: June 2014, The Dairy Issue, Volume 82, Number 1 Story: Carolina Classic: Carolina Moon (p.24-25) Every month Our State Magazine runs a front feature on a piece of Carolina art, food, music, people or...
Magazine - Our State: Down Home in North Carolina Issue: April 2014, Appalachian Spring, Volume 81, Number 11 Story: 10 Poems Every North Carolinian Should Read, #6 The Men Who Raised the Dead by Ron Rash One of the neatest things that can happen with publishing...
Magazine - Our State: Down Home in North Carolina Issue: March 2014, The Movie Issue, Volume 81, Number 10 Story: Drawn to the Light by Lane DeGregory (p.74-75) A story centered around the restoration of Bodie Island Lighthouse, an historic structure along the...
Magazine - Our State: Down Home in North Carolina Issue: December 2013, Volume 81, Number 7 Story: A Prayer For North Carolina (p.76) My first official publishing opportunity for commission, this was a really exciting opportunity. Our State Magazine utilized a...
Destination: Western North Carolina Mountains Dates: October 11-13 & 15-17 My annual autumn trek to North Carolina was two-part this season, with the first part being a three day weekend with my mother (also an avid photographer), and the second part being a more...