Mark J. Rebilas is a professional sports photographer based in Phoenix, AZ. Mark grew up the son of motorsports photographer Gil Rebilas who first put a Nikon FM2 camera in his hands at the age of 10. Since then it has been a wild ride including an enlistment as a US Navy photographer. While in the Navy Mark was stationed in San Diego, Seattle, and Baltimore. Mark led a team of 22 photographers as an editor/photographer on an aircraft carrier through a wartime deployment in 2004. After being honorably discharged in 2006 he moved back to his hometown in Arizona to begin a new career as a freelance sports photographer. Mark is a regular contributor to ESPN the Magazine and US Presswire and his images regularly appear in Sports Illustrated, ESPN the Magazine, USA Today, the Los Angeles Times and many others.