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DAY 193 | FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS |
Mary Ellen Mark (1940–)
PICTURES FROM THE EDGE
For over 40 years, Mary Ellen Mark has traveled the world extensively, searching for the common threads of human experience. While she tends to focus primarily on the fringes of cultures worldwide—from brothels in Bombay to teenage runaways in Seattle—she has also photographed celebrities and public figures, such as David Bowie and Mother Teresa. Each of her eclectic collection of subjects is given equal treatment. Her work is edgy and gritty, made even more pronounced by her use of TRI-X black and white film. She does not shoot digital.
After moving to New York ...
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