Mark Lakin is a fine art photographer, experiential travel designer, global nomad, and activist. His passion for photography, travel and philanthropy galvanized a journey across all seven continents that continues today. Mark’s photography is inspired by a broad range of subjects including musical icons, haute couture fashion, ancient tribal culture, animal migrations, extreme sports, ethnic markets, vibrant beaches, and local architecture. His diverse portfolio includes images from bow & arrow hunts with the Hadzabe tribe of Tanzania, sea kayaking among Antarctica's icebergs and whales, wandering the streets of Havana, tracking the big cats in the Serengeti, white water rafting down the Zambezi River, camel trekking through Northern India, finding solitude in Brazil's Fernando de Noronha, tracking gorillas on Rwanda’s volcanoes, desert sunrises at Burning Man, glacier trekking in Iceland, trailing blue whales off the coast of Sri Lanka, haute couture fashion from across the globe, and portraits of the world's most extraordinary musical icons.  

Mark is also the Founder of The Legacy Untold - a bifurcated company with two distinct branches: bespoke travel and brand strategy. 

The Legacy Untold is a NYC-based full-service consulting firm dedicated to elevating your brand & defining your legacy. Our clients range from small businesses and big corporations, to countries, movements & people of influence. We have designed virtual reality experiences for Soho House, rebranded tourism for the state of Israel, told Singita’s extraordinary story of conscious capitalism, launched an ultra-luxe French beauty treatment that augments the global bee population, redesigned the traditional Kazakh yurt alongside architects of the Burj Khalifa and the Time Warner Center & positioned the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to open its’ doors to outsiders for the first time in history.

The Legacy Untold Travel is a NYC-based travel agency that designs tailor-made journeys for intrepid global nomads integrating top luxury, deep cultural immersions, thrilling adventures, and meaningful impact experiences. Recognized as one of the best travel designers in the world, Mark serves on the prestigious Travel + Leisure Travel Advisory Board, a noted group of 27 of the USA’s top travel advisors collectively managing more than 7,000 travel designers and driving more than $14.5 billion USD in sales, making it the strongest board of any travel brand.