The Circle Picture Project: Overview
Leaning Self Portrait
Tosti leaning on a leaning rock at Scott’s Run, Virginia 2000 (#226-05)
Mark Tosti is an artist-photographer and former arts lawyer, who has worked since his childhood in a wide variety of media and styles. He is best known for the Circle Picture Project, which consists of some seven hundred final, released images from around the world, created throughout the first quarter of the 21st century. The aim of the Circle Picture Project is to aesthetically use, for the first time, the full range of effects possible within the circular format. The Circle Picture Project is comprised of numerous series, which include: The Ellipses, The Mirror Images, The Floweroids, The Through-Views, various world Cities in the Round; Sculpture Encircled; and Botanica in the Round. Tosti is also engaged in other wide-ranging artistic activities, including his Photo-Based Design Project. (See Artist’s Statement in the following section)
The following titles serve as the Catalogue Raisonne (a complete list and description of the works) for the Circle Picture Project.
The Circle Picture Project: Collected Works I
Over one hundred circular images selected from the twenty-five-year span of artist Mark Tosti’s extensive Circle Picture Project.
The Ellipses
Over sixty dynamic images in elliptical format that provide a contrast and complement to the circular images that compromise the bulk of the Circle Picture Project.
The Mirror Images
Over fifty appealing and evocative Circle Pictures featuring mirrored or doubled images.
The Floweroids
Over thirty abstract, flower-like works composed of multiple Circle Pictures. (The Floweroids are now catalogued under, and are part of, Tosti’s Photo-Based Design Project.)
The Through-Views
Over sixty striking Circle Pictures in which the background view is framed through foreground objects.
Washington in the Round: A Bold New Vision Of the City
Over seventy unique Circle Pictures featuring the famous sites of the Washington Metropolitan Area.
Sculpture Encircled
Over fifty emotive, circular images of sculptures from around the world.
Botanica in the Round
Over fifty beautiful and unique circular images of flowers, trees and other plants.
The Circle Picture Project: Collected Works II
Over one hundred circular images, selected from throughout the Project, that have not been prviously catalogued.
The Circle Picture Project: Collected Works III
Over one hundred circular images, selected from throughout the Project that have not been previously catalogued.
