Mark Edward Harris is a freelance photojournalist based in Los Angeles. He has a master's degree in Pictorial/Documentary History.  Mark started his professional photography career doing the stills for the Merv Griffin Show and various television and movie companies and later worked extensively in  Southeast Asia, China and Japan. He since has visited and photographed in 90 countries. His books include "Faces of the Twentieth Century: Master Photographers and Their Work," "The Way of the Japanese Bath," "Wanderlust," "North Korea," "South Korea," and "Inside Iran." "North Korea" was named Photography Book of the Year at the 2013 International Photography Awards.