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Mary Ellen Mark

Born

in Elkins Park, PA, The United States

March 20, 1940

Died

May 25, 2015

Website

https://www.maryellenmark.com

Genre

Arts & Photography

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Mary Ellen Mark, born 1940, has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She is a contributing photographer to The New Yorker and has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as Life, New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For over four decades, she has travelled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Today, she is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers. Her images of our world's diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. Her portrayals of Mother Teresa, Indian circuses, and brothels in Bombay were the product of many years of work in India. A photo ess ...more

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	Mary Ellen Mark on the Portrait and the Moment (The Photography Workshop Series) 4.49 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Ellen Mark: Tiny, Streetwise Revisited by Mary Ellen Mark (Photographer), John Irving (Goodreads Author), Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) (Prologue) 4.54 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prom by Mary Ellen Mark, Martin Bell (Contributor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Ellen Mark: Twins 4.25 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2003 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Streetwise by Mary Ellen Mark (Photographer), John Irving (Goodreads Author) (Introduction) 4.44 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1988 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Exposure by Mary Ellen Mark (Photographer), Weston Naef (Editor) 4.58 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2005 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Seen Behind the Scene: Forty Years of Photographing on Set 4.19 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2008 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay 3.96 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years by Mary Ellen Mark (Photographer), Marianne Fulton, James L. Enyeart (Contributor) 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ragnar Axelsson: Faces of the North by Mary Ellen Mark, Ragnar Axelsson (Photographer) 4.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.”
― Mary Ellen Mark

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“I love to fly. It's just you're alone, there's peace and quiet, nothing around you but clear blue sky. No one to hassle you. No one to tell you where to go or what to do. The only bad part about flying is having to come back down to the fuckin' world.”
― Mary Ellen Mark, Streetwise

tags: 1984, rat

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“It’s not when you press the shutter, but why you press the shutter.”
― Mary Ellen Mark

tags: photography, truth

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