Author: Mary Ellen Mark

Quotes

I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one.

I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one.

- Mary Ellen Mark

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life.

- Mary Ellen Mark

Sometimes I work on film sets. I've done this for 40 years. I always wanted to photograph on the set of an Ingmar Bergman film. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity.

Sometimes I work on film sets. I've done this for 40 years. I always wanted to photograph on the set of an Ingmar Bergman film. Unfortunately, I never had the opportunity.

- Mary Ellen Mark

I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white - I like the abstraction of it.

I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white - I like the abstraction of it.

- Mary Ellen Mark

I'm a street photographer, but I'm interested in any ironic, whimsical images, and there's something very romantic about a circus.

I'm a street photographer, but I'm interested in any ironic, whimsical images, and there's something very romantic about a circus.

- Mary Ellen Mark

Every photograph is the photographer's opinion about something. It's how they feel about something: what they think is horrible, tragic, funny.

Every photograph is the photographer's opinion about something. It's how they feel about something: what they think is horrible, tragic, funny.

- Mary Ellen Mark

Looking at my own prom photograph reminds me of how significant that moment was - and how fleeting life is.

Looking at my own prom photograph reminds me of how significant that moment was - and how fleeting life is.

- Mary Ellen Mark

One of my all-time favorite photographers is Irving Penn. I wish I could have watched him work.

One of my all-time favorite photographers is Irving Penn. I wish I could have watched him work.

- Mary Ellen Mark

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