The Foundation is immensely grateful for the generous donation from Rob Bullock, the Executive Producer, and Scott Frank, the Director, of the production ‘Department Q.’ This contribution was made possible by the brilliant idea of Campbell Mitchell, the chargehand standby prop on the production and a friend and colleague of Mark.
Here’s the heartwarming story of how this donation came to be, as told by Campbell Mitchell:
“I brought a pinhole camera to make some images of our sets to give to the cast as gifts.
One of our main sets is a hyperbaric chamber and I was very pleased indeed with this image. Instead of making one image, I made two – one for the appropriate cast member and another for auction.
The image was made with a Zero Image medium format pinhole camera, printed on archival Hahnemühle Photorag paper and framed with non-reflective glass. Both prints are signed and numbered.
The plan was to auction the print over the last two days of our shoot (Monday and Tuesday).
Half way through the first day, Scott Frank (our writer, director and show-runner) said that he would top whatever the winning bid was by £100 and then raffle the print to anyone who had submitted a bid. An incredibly generous offer – typical of the inclusive and kind nature of the man.
The ‘winning’ bid was made by producer Rob Bullock at one thousand pounds, so Scott topped this to £1,100.
The subsequent raffle was won by standby costumer, Kate Dalzell.
I was staggered by the amount raised – I was expecting a couple of hundred pounds. I have always supported the Foundation where I can – one of my images was used in last year’s calendar and I am so pleased that we were able to raise so much. ”
Pictured above are Phil Pritchard and Campbell Mitchell both captured during their work on the production.