March 20, 1940 - May 25, 2015
March 20, 1940 - May 25, 2015
March 20, 1940 - May 25, 2015
March 20, 1940 - May 25, 2015
The brilliant photographer, Mary Ellen Mark, died a couple of days ago on May 25. She was one of my many photographer icons.
As did Diane Arbus, Mark photographed people who were "away from mainstream society and toward its more interesting, often troubled fringes". - Andrew Long, "Brilliant Careers: Mary Ellen Mark", Salon, March 28, 2000.
Mark worked as a still photographer on seven Tim Burton movies, including Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish (maybe my favorite film by Burton) and Alice in Wonderland.
Mark worked as a still photographer on seven Tim Burton movies, including Sleepy Hollow, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish (maybe my favorite film by Burton) and Alice in Wonderland.
Some of her many gritty images . . .
Seattle Street Kids ~ 1983
Friends Rat, 16 (left), and Mike, 17, have this Colt .45
only for
defense against men who try to pick them up or rob them.
"I get hassled a lot" says Rat. "Mike's my protection."
They picked
Seattle because Mike had once lived there.
photo by Mary Ellen Mark Streets of the Lost ~ Life Magazine
July 1983
Text: Cheryl McCall
Two brothers, Tulsi and Basant,
Great Famous Circus,
serie Indian Circus, 1989
C print
C print
Girl Sifting through Ashes at the Burning Ghats,
Benares, India, 1989
Mark once said, "Nowadays shots are created in post-production, on computers. It's not really photography."
Viewfinder links:
Tim Burton
Net links:
Mary Ellen Mark website
New York Times obit
Tim Burton on Time Lightbox
Mary Ellen Mark images
"She had a beautiful and creative spirit
that shone through into her photography.”
~ Tim Burton.
that shone through into her photography.”
~ Tim Burton.
Styrous® ~ Wednesday, May 27, 2015
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