Mark Maio is an American fine art photographer and imaging consultant. He was born and raised in St. Francis, near Milwaukee, and lives in Alpharetta, Georgia.
He graduated from Milwaukee Area Technical College in 1975. He then worked as a medical photographer. Later he directed ophthalmic photography at Emory University in Atlanta and at the State University of New York in Buffalo.
In 1999 he developed the first high-resolution digital imaging system in ophthalmology. Through his company InVision Inc., he divides his time between fine art photography and imaging consulting. He also offers photographic coaching and leads workshops in the United States and on the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
His most ambitious fine art project is Against the Grain. He spent more than three decades photographing the Buffalo grain scoopers, union men who unloaded grain ships with shovels. The project was photographed on 35mm film. The book of the same name was published by Fall Line Press in 2025. It has 107 photographs and an essay by Anthony Bannon. In 2007, the George Eastman Museum bought a portfolio of 12 prints from the series for its permanent collection.
