Mary Ellen Mark, One of the head narrative picture takers of her era, passed on Monday at age 75.
Mark's photography traversed decades and her subjects ran from famous people to world pioneers to the edge of society, including whores and individuals from the Ku Klux Klan.
Her latest task was an investigation of New Orleans. The task was to be distributed later this late spring by CNN to stamp the 10-year commemoration of Katrina.
Imprint picked up noticeable quality in the 1960s, and assembled a notoriety for being a dauntless, globetrotting picture taker that delivered the respect and humankind of her subjects, frequently neglected men and ladies.
Among her most acclaimed ventures is Streetwise, an accumulation of photos traversing 30 years in the life of Tiny Blackwell, a whore and heroin someone who is addicted Mark met in the 1980s when Tiny was 14.
"Mary Ellen had the one of a kind capacity to see inside - she was similar to a snake charmer of the spirit," said companion Kelly Cutrone.
Mark's photography traversed decades and her subjects ran from famous people to world pioneers to the edge of society, including whores and individuals from the Ku Klux Klan.
Her latest task was an investigation of New Orleans. The task was to be distributed later this late spring by CNN to stamp the 10-year commemoration of Katrina.
Imprint picked up noticeable quality in the 1960s, and assembled a notoriety for being a dauntless, globetrotting picture taker that delivered the respect and humankind of her subjects, frequently neglected men and ladies.
Among her most acclaimed ventures is Streetwise, an accumulation of photos traversing 30 years in the life of Tiny Blackwell, a whore and heroin someone who is addicted Mark met in the 1980s when Tiny was 14.
"Mary Ellen had the one of a kind capacity to see inside - she was similar to a snake charmer of the spirit," said companion Kelly Cutrone.
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