Red Finch Lab and Gallery Ice Cream, located in downtown Provo, is opening Worldwide Photography by Mark Hedengren. The photographs in the show are from Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America. Worldwide photography, an allusion to World Wide Photo, a photography lab that served Utah County for many years before it closed. The Artist, Mark Hedengren, began his career in photography at World Wide Photo and the Daily Herald after high school, before moving to the Deseret News. As the founder of Red Finch Lab, he is excited to help others discover the joy of photography.

Mark Hedengren is the author of The Mormons and Ansel Adams and Dorothea Lange’s Three Mormon Towns. He also directed the feature documentary film "Sundance Skippy" and the fiction short film "Tolerance," among others. Has been featured in Slamdance, the New York Film Festival, and BBC Films, among others. Mark received the Utah Arts Council Visual Arts Fellowship. His work has been exhibited in numerous juried shows nationally and internationally. He has had solo shows in the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, St. George Museum of Art, and with the Utah Arts Council. Mark received a BFA from Brigham Young University and an MFA from the Glasgow School of Art.