Tag: Mary Ellen Mark

A Three-Volume Book Becomes a Testament to Mary Ellen Mark’s Career

A Three-Volume Book Becomes a Testament to Mary Ellen Mark’s Career

The late photographer, who left behind more than two million images, spent her life in search of the elusive iconic frame.

via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/mary-ellen-mark-the-book-of-everything/

“Mary Ellen would never have made this book,” Martin Bell, Mary Ellen Mark’s husband and collaborator of more than thirty years, writes in an essay accompanying The Book of Everything, the three-volume collection of the photographer’s life’s work recently published by Steidl.

January 26, 2021
15 Photographers on How Imagination Shapes Their Work – Aperture

15 Photographers on How Imagination Shapes Their Work

Dawoud Bey, Nan Goldin, KangHee Kim and more reflect on the photograph’s potential to influence social and artistic images.

via Aperture: https://aperture.org/editorial/15-photographers-on-how-imagination-shapes-their-work/

From the Magnum Square Print Sale in Partnership with Aperture, Dawoud Bey, Nan Goldin, KangHee Kim and more reflect on the photograph’s potential to influence social and artistic images.

October 19, 2020
AMERICANSUBURB X: "Mary Ellen Mark with Constance Sullivan (1990)"

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To me a documentary photographer and a photojournalist are pretty much the same thing. If I have to make a distinction, I’m more a documentary photographer–I don’t think of myself as a photo-essayist in the sense that I always consider a magazine layout when I’m working. To be honest with you, I always try to think of the specific pictures. What’s important to me is to make strong, individual pictures.

January 10, 2020
Mary Ellen Mark on Iconic Images

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It’s not every day you get to hang out with a living legend of the photographic world and watch her do what she does best. That’s exactly what we were fortunate enough to do when we spent a day in New York City’s Tompkins Square Park with an icon of documentary photography, Mary Ellen Mark.

January 10, 2020
Legendary Photographer Mary Ellen Mark Dies at 75

Legendary Photographer Mary Ellen Mark Dies at 75

There’s some very sad news in the world of photography today: renowned American photographer Mary Ellen Mark passed away yesterday in New York City at the

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2015/05/26/legendary-photographer-mary-ellen-mark-dies-at-75/

Needless to say, the world of photography has just lost one of its biggest stars.

January 10, 2020
Mary Ellen Mark, Leica Shooter, Dies at 75 | La Vida Leica!

Those in the Leica circle are no stranger to the name Mary Ellen Mark. It is with great sadness that we must inform our readers that she has passed… She was 75. Time has an article entitled, “In Memoriam: Mary Ellen Mark (1940 – 2015)” that’s worth a read. She was an avid Leica shooter, owning four Leica cameras – two M4-2s, one M4-P and one M-6 along with five Leitz lenses. She was featured on the Leica blog several times and even held appearances and workshops at Leica stores.

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Those in the Leica circle are no stranger to the name Mary Ellen Mark (link is external). It is with great sadness that we must inform our readers that she has passed… She was 75. Time has an article entitled, “In Memoriam: Mary Ellen Mark (1940 – 2015)” (link is external) that’s worth a read. She was an avid Leica shooter, owning four Leica cameras – two M4-2s, one M4-P and one M-6 along with five Leitz lenses. She was featured on the Leica blog (link is external) several times and even held appearances (link is external) and workshops (link is external) at Leica stores.

January 10, 2020
Death of Mary Ellen Mark (1940 – 2015) – The Eye of Photography

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“There is no demand for reality anymore”. – Mary Ellen Mark, April 27, 2015

January 10, 2020
Attitude, by Mary Ellen Mark – The New York Times

Attitude, by Mary Ellen Mark

Mary Ellen Mark’s subjects often projected an unusual degree of self-confidence. A new exhibit of portraits showcases her intimate relationship to the people she photographed.

via Lens Blog: https://archive.nytimes.com/lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/attitude-portraits-by-mary-ellen-mark/

Mary Ellen Mark often photographed individuals who, despite being on the fringes of society, projected an unusual degree of self-confidence. They had strong personalities, with a clear sense of self.

January 10, 2020
Photographer Souvid Datta Appears to Have Plagiarized Mary Ellen Mark

Photographer Souvid Datta Appears to Have Plagiarized Mary Ellen Mark

The award-winning photographer Souvid Datta found himself in the middle of a controversy this week when his photo of a young sex trafficking victim was

via PetaPixel: https://petapixel.com/2017/05/03/photographer-souvid-datta-appears-plagiarized-mary-ellen-mark/

We’ve reached out to Datta for comment but have yet to hear back. It appears that his website, Facebook and Twitter were all taken down after our requests

May 3, 2017
Mary Ellen Mark’s Last Workshop: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly — Vantage — Medium

Mary Ellen Mark’s Last Workshop: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The final Oaxaca Workshop wasn’t picture-perfect, but the parting photobook it produced will outlast bad memories.

via Medium: https://medium.com/vantage/mary-ellen-mark-the-book-821d97010e2c

The beloved photographer’s final Oaxaca Workshop wasn’t picture-perfect, but the parting photobook it produced outshines, and will outlast, bad memories

June 20, 2015
The Fearless Gaze of Mary Ellen Mark: A Friend Remembered | PROOF

The Fearless Gaze of Mary Ellen Mark: A Friend Remembered

Iconic documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark passed away on Monday, May 25. She was well known for her penetrating work and for the number of photographers’ lives she touched in a myriad of ways. In 1988 she photographed a story for National Geographic

via Photography: http://proof.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/29/the-fearless-gaze-of-mary-ellen-mark-a-friend-remembered/

Yes, she was a diva, but she earned every bit of it. Just spend some time with her work. Deep, brilliant, and everlasting.

May 29, 2015
Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer and Force of Nature – NYTimes.com

Mary Ellen Mark, Photographer and Force of Nature

Mary Ellen Mark, a trailblazing documentary photographer, could find the essence of a subject by relying on her passion and drive, keeping things simple but deeply honest.

via Lens Blog: http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/26/mary-ellen-mark-photographer-and-force-of-nature/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog

Melissa Harris, the editor in chief at Aperture, who edited two books with Ms. Mark and was a close friend, described her as “a force of nature” who pushed herself despite her illness. She described Ms. Mark as someone who cared deeply about people and calling attention to injustice. That meant going back often to her subjects, in order to delve deeply into their lives, relying on that connection to give her work a humane touch.

May 27, 2015
Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) in The New Yorker – The New Yorker

Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) in The New Yorker

Mark, who died on Monday, was fierce in her love of photography, and her love extended to the people she worked with.

via The New Yorker: http://www.newyorker.com/culture/photo-booth/mary-ellen-mark-1940-2015

Her love extended to the people she worked with: to her staff, her subjects, her students, and the other photographers in her life. Loyalty was one of her essential qualities. Once she embraced a person, that person became a part of her life

May 27, 2015
In Memoriam: Mary Ellen Mark (1940 – 2015) | TIME

In Memoriam: Mary Ellen Mark (1940 – 2015)

Mary Ellen Mark has died. She was 75.

via Time: http://time.com/3896572/mary-ellen-mark-dies-at-75/

The American photographer produced some of the most “delicately shaded studies of vulnerability ever set on film”

May 27, 2015
Remembering Iconic Photographer Mary Ellen Mark – Feature Shoot

Remembering Iconic Photographer Mary Ellen Mark – Feature Shoot

Back in 2005, when I thought I wanted to be a photographer, I took a few classes at the International Center of Photography (ICP) in NYC. One was a lighting class taught by one of Mary Ellen Mark’s previous assistants (who had since moved on to do lightin

via Feature Shoot: http://www.featureshoot.com/2015/05/remembering-iconic-photographer-mary-ellen-mark/

Like the rest of the photography community, I’m very saddened to hear of her death today. I didn’t know her personally, but she has always been one of my favorite photographers. And her kindness and complete lack of pretension is something that has always stuck with me and something that I will always remember when I look at her work. RIP MEM.

May 26, 2015
Mary Ellen Mark, 75: Her book, Man and Beast: Photographs from Mexico and India | NPPA

Mary Ellen Mark, 75: Her book, Man and Beast: Photographs from Mexico and India

Photographer Mary Ellen Mark, 75, died yesterday, on Memorial Day, as confirmed today by a family representative. The legendary photographer is survived by her husband, filmmaker Martin Bell.

via NPPA: https://nppa.org/news/mary-ellen-mark-75-her-book-man-and-beast-photographs-mexico-and-india

Mary Ellen Mark, 75, died yesterday, on Memorial Day, as confirmed today by a family representative.

May 26, 2015
Mary Ellen Mark talks to Alison Stieven-Taylor – The Eye of Photography

Mary Ellen Mark talks to Alison Stieven-Taylor

“Magazines are not interested in work that is very personal. They want work that can be changed with a grey or blue filter in post-production. If young photographers are interested in what I was, in telling stories, they have to pursue that. Don’t let technology push you around”.

June 9, 2014
Meet New York’s Most Famous Street Photographers

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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2014/02/26/new-york-street-photographers/#1

Why is it that some photographers take to the studio, while others take to the street? Is street photography photojournalism, art — or both?

These are some of the questions raised by Everybody Street, a new documentary chronicling the life and work of 13 of New York’s most renowned street photographers, including Joel Meyerowitz, Bruce Gilden, Mary Ellen Mark, Elliot Erwitt, Jeff Mermelstein, Boogie and Martha Cooper

February 26, 2014
Mary Ellen Mark

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I think what photography can do is open up all sorts of lives for people — worlds that people couldn’t understand. Some of the very dramatic pictures people have done, particularly of wars, the Vietnam war especially (because access was better), made people aware of how horrible it was – for example, the photograph that Eddie Adams took of General Nguyen Ngoc Loan executing a Viet Cong prisoner or the photograph that Nick Ut took of the burned child running down the street — it’s very important to make people aware of what’s going on in the world.

January 14, 2014
A Very Doggy Christmas: Mary Ellen Mark’s Legendary Canine Party

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via Time: http://lightbox.time.com/2013/12/19/a-very-doggy-christmas-mary-ellen-marks-legendary-canine-party/#1

For those who don’t know Mary Ellen Mark personally, the notion of one of the world’s premier documentary photographers hosting a Christmas party for dogs might sound downright weird. But for the past decade, Mark has opened the doors of her New York City studio to throngs of canines.

December 20, 2013