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A N I N S I G H T I N T O D O C U M E N TA RY P H O T O G R A P H Y
MARY ELLEN MARK
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BACKGROUND• Born 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania• BFA degree in painting and art and history & masters in
photojournalism• 17 publications• New York
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THE ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHER
Mary Ellen Mark shoots all her photography in film rather than digital
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsMVrZh6ewU
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SOCIAL DOCUMENTARY
Jonny DeppThe Indian Circus
Mother Teresa
Homeless family in Los Angeles
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TWINS (2003)
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MARK’S INSPIRATIONS• Filmmaker Federico Fellini• Photographers: Irving Penn, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Robert
Frank
Irving Penn – Fashion photography, portraits Robert Frank – American
photographyHenri Cartier-Bresson – Street photography and life reportage
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WHAT DO YOU THINK?• Similar to one of
Robert Frank’s photographs
• Tells a story which is ready to be read
• Black and white which adds to the drama already in the image
• Exposing social concerns
• Unconventional
Mary Ellen Mark
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REFERENCES• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ellen_Mark• http://www.maryellenmark.com/• http://photography.about.com/od/famousphotographers/a/maryellenm
arkbiography.htm• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsMVrZh6ewU• http://
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/twins-mary-ellen-mark/1005807000• http://
www.mac-on-campus.com/LearningCenter/ArticlesandBookExcerpts/12428.aspx
• http://www.cmp.ucr.edu/collections/permanent/object_genres/photographers/women/mark.html