Mary Ellen Mark

Mary Ellen Mark was a photographer who prided herself on her street photography and was best known for her photojournalism and documentary photography, among much more.

The Guardian collected a few of Mary Ellen Mark's "legendary photographs" to present an article commemorating the photographer after her death in 2015.
The article features this statement:
The award-winning photographer, who has died aged 75, was famed for her documentary work and intimate portraits, always regarding herself as a street photographer. 

The statement suggests that maybe you can say a lot about a person in a few short words.

Along with her street photography, she also created photo series' including self portraits, portraits of others, including celebrities such as Johnny Depp and also series' looking at her family. The photographer had so much credit to her name before she died, showing just how much she cared for her craft.

The Photographer 

Streetwise, which became a documentary film directed by the
photographers husband, Martin Bell.

Ward 81

Twins

A Week in the Life of a Homeless Family

One of the intersting things about Mary Ellen Mark is how diverse she is. It is also intersting to see that despite how varied the work is, I am still able to make comparisons to so many of her projects and series'.
While most of her work is about the human form, where she has situated and photographed the subjects is just as important. She selects her locations to compliment the subject and this is where my interest in the photographer lies.
It would defninitely be interestign to explore this careful consideration further with my own experiementation and primary photographs.


Mary Ellen Mark's website
The Guardian's article