Mary Ellen Mark

Known for CameraBorn 1940-03-20Died 2015-05-25

MARY ELLEN MARK achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For over five decades, she traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. She is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers. Her images of our world's diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. Her portrayals of Mother Teresa, Indian circuses, and brothels in Bombay were the product of many years of work in India. A photo essay on runaway children in Seattle became the basis of the academy award nominated film STREETWISE, directed and photographed by her husband, Martin Bell.Read more

Movies & web series

Carrière, 250 Meters

Iconoclast

Big Fish

Finding Vivian Maier

Everybody Street

Tiny: The Life of Erin Blackwell

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Australia

Carnal Knowledge

The Missouri Breaks

American Heart

Streetwise Revisited: Rat

The Queen

Prom

The Amazing Plastic Lady

Circus of Dreams

A Matter of Trust: Billy Joel in the USSR