We Review | Marc Hauser
Written by: Katherine Brodsky

Marc Hauser is an internationally celebrated photographer whose first commercial job was for Playboy at the mere age of seventeen. Nowdays, his extensive list of clients includes Rolling Stone Magazine, Pepsi Co., Blockbuster, Arista Records, Levi Strauss & Co., Lee Jeans, Polaroid, Sears, Sony and Microsoft. He has also shot for magazines such as Elle Magazine, Esquire Magazine, GQ Magazine, Harper's Bazaar Magazine, Life Magazine, People Magazine, Rolling Stone Magazine, Vanity Fair Magazine and Vogue Magazine. As Hauser continues to explore and establish new boundaries in photography, he continues to receive various awards for his achievements. 

His heart is the main inspiration for Hauser, “My vision is people coming into my world.  I give them my heart and they give me their heart back. Ooh it feels so nice - we share. Two people committed to an idea and we work together to make it real.” Hauser recalls one of his most memorable experiences as a photographer as being a photo shoot with Dolly Parton. “She was such a good spirit - so giving,” he says, “She glowed. She is such a giving person. She would do anything I asked. She had such an amazing smile right from her heart.”

Another inspiration as a sort of a muse came from a man, “A man named Mort Shapiro. He taught me to see better. Also I had a woman in my life that I photographed a lot - her name is Jovanka.”

To date, Hauser has received over one hundred awards for his work, including Omni Awards, Awards of Excellence from CA Magazine, Clios to a Grammy, and a platinum album for John Cougar Mellencamp's 'Scarecrow' album cover. Marc Hauser is also a highly sought-after speaker. His largest seminar for Polaroid in New York City was attended by 1,650 people. Some recent achievements include being named as the USA photographer of the year by the APA (advertising photographers of America) and Hauser's 'Perception and Reality' campaign for Rolling Stone Magazine earned him over fifty awards.

Although Hauser’s path has proven to be a success, he would do things differently, “I would have put more time into my own work and less work for others. Gone more the artist route then the advertising route. Also I would have finished school and taken more vacations! [School] would of given me more time to get ready for the work world. I had to learn a lot of stuff on my own. It took a lot longer and cost me a lot of money and mistakes.”

In terms of Hauser’s own inspirations for the future, “I want to do more photos for myself. Also more large projects and more books. The more photos I do the better I get! To be a great photographer you must be totally committed and keep doing lots of photos. Open up your heart to the world. Cropping is for Farmers. When I look through the camera I frame the photo so that people can see it just the way I did. That's why all my photos have black boarders.” Hauser is at the forefront of what some refer to as, "The technique of the future."