Mary Ellen Mark Quotes

Mary Ellen Mark — American Photographer born on March 20, 1940, died on May 25, 2015

Mary Ellen Mark was an American photographer known for her photojournalism / documentary photography, portraiture, and advertising photography. She photographed people who were "away from mainstream society and toward its more interesting, often troubled fringes"... (wikipedia)

I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white - I like the abstraction of it.

Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality.

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.

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

I'm just interested in what makes a photograph.

Mary Ellen Mark Quotes

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