Mary Ellen Mark

American · 1940–2015 · Photographer

Mary Ellen Mark was an American photographer known for her photojournalism, documentary photography, portraiture, and advertising photography. She photographed people who were… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Mary Ellen Mark, John Belushi (Blues Brothers), Chicago, Illinois, 1979, Gelatin silver print diptychJohn Belushi (Blues Brothers), Chicago, IllinoisPhillips · $13,970≈ £11,365≈ €13,174Sign up to see
  2. Mary Ellen Mark, Selected Images, Falkland Road, Bombay, India, 1978, Three dye transfer prints, printed 2004Selected Images, Falkland Road, Bombay, IndiaPhillips · $6,985≈ £5,147≈ €6,038Sign up to see
  3. Mary Ellen Mark, Amanda and Her Cousin Amy, North Carolina, 1990, gelatin silver printAmanda and Her Cousin Amy, North CarolinaLos Angeles Modern Auctions (LAMA) · $4,655≈ £3,477≈ €4,056Sign up to see

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Mary Ellen Mark was an American photographer known for her photojournalism, documentary photography, portraiture, and advertising photography. She photographed people who were "away from mainstream society and toward its more interesting, often troubled fringes".

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Born 1940, PhiladelphiaDied 2015, New York CityOccupation PhotographerWikidata Q449575 ↗ULAN 500083984 ↗

In the collections of

Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden LibraryJ. Paul Getty MuseumMinneapolis Institute of ArtMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina SofíaNational Portrait GalleryNew Mexico Museum of ArtPhiladelphia Museum of ArtSmithsonian American Art MuseumSmithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery LibrarySmithsonian InstitutionThe Nelson-Atkins Museum of ArtVictoria and Albert MuseumWhitney Museum of American Art

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feminist art

Also known as Mark, Mary Ellen, 1940-2015

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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