MARY ELLEN MARK R.I.P. (1940-2015)

Mary Ellen Mark was by far my favorite female photographer. She was legendary for her unstoppable and compassionate approach at Magnum. Melissa Harris, editor in chief of Aperture Foundation, says, “She got to know the subjects she photographed very well, and she was able to convey who they were and how they lived, as well as a sense of their interior lives. There are not that many photographers who can do that.”

Her latest book, “Tiny: Streetwise Revisited,” returns to the main character of her 1980s book “Streetwise”, one of several homeless Seattle youths she photographed in black and white. It will be published by Aperture in the fall.

(Photos: Mary Ellen Mark)

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