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Mary Ellen Mark Quotes

American - Photographer | March 20, 1940 - May 25, 2015

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

Funny Opinion Think Feel Photograph

I'm just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven't had the best breaks in society. I'm always on their side. I find them more human, maybe. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence.

Mary Ellen Mark

Best People Society Feel Find Want

Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality.

Mary Ellen Mark

World Reality Interesting Nothing

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

Mary Ellen Mark

Life Moment Me Looking My Own Own

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

Work Black And White Black White See

I have an incredible relationship with dogs. I'm kind of a dog-whisperer.

Mary Ellen Mark

Relationship Kind Dogs Incredible

I'm just interested in what makes a photograph.

Mary Ellen Mark

Photograph Just Interested Makes

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

Beginning Travel Dream Kid Used

I was thinking about how fleeting and precious life is. Life is also arbitrary. For example, the choices that you make, the luck of being born into the right bed, to parents who support and help you and who love you. That doesn't always happen - and then, what happens when it doesn't?

Mary Ellen Mark

Life Love Support Parents Luck Help

I've always been interested in photographing traditions and customs - especially in America. The prom is an American tradition, a rite of passage that has always been one of the most important rituals of American youth. It is a day in our lives that we never forget - a day full of hopes and dreams for our future.

Mary Ellen Mark

Dreams Future Day Youth American

I think photography is closest to writing, not painting. It's closest to writing because you are using this machine to convey an idea. The image shouldn't need a caption; it should already convey an idea.

Mary Ellen Mark

Painting Writing Think Photography

I just think it's important to be direct and honest with people about why you're photographing them and what you're doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul.

Mary Ellen Mark

Soul People Think Doing You Why

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