Mary Ellen Mark

 No need for an intro, this one follows right after my last foray. Hoping that this Photographer is different then Selgado, it would be pretty boring to just look at the same stuff. Like I said, I have no clue what I'm getting into so I'll first look at a few photos,  and then give my take on how much I like em and what the artist meant taking em. Mary Ellen Mark is, wow. (And I know I wow a lot BUT) She is AMAZING. I'm in love with the images where she shifts perspective and angle, it doesn't feel like she messed up or just held the camera tilted, it just slots in perfectly. It can add emotion, vibrancy, context. I'm not quite sure what I make of her photos yet, but if I had to guess..  Capturing the human perspective/ differences? She photographs a variety of individuals from different backgrounds and different places (although in the current series all in New York). 


As I said here's a quote on why or what inspires her to photograph. "MARY ELLEN MARK achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For over five decades, she traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. 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." So somehow, I got pretty close! She wants to show the diversity of our world and the difference of all humans. Sick! And she does it wonderfully. 


Here's some of my favs below.

https://maryellenmark.azureedge.net/content/gallery/e87ba044-b671-4cdc-b36b-d4742ebe5f7c/images/34e2eb9c-92ec-42ec-97a6-2c4d7ade2adc.jpg

https://maryellenmark.azureedge.net/content/gallery/e87ba044-b671-4cdc-b36b-d4742ebe5f7c/images/b9a81e89-de01-4969-a4a1-5569c5a910b2.jpg

https://maryellenmark.azureedge.net/content/gallery/e87ba044-b671-4cdc-b36b-d4742ebe5f7c/images/e905ca20-d6cb-442b-9f4e-4de637212f2e.jpg

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