MARY ELLEN MARK EVENTS INsight CONVERSATIONJune
12, 7-9pm Paramount Theater EXHIBIT"Prom USA" June 6-30, McGuffey Art Center SCREENING
Alexander: Extraordinary Child and Twins by Martin Bell
MARY ELLEN
MARK began photographing with a Brownie camera
at age nine. In 1963 she was awarded a scholarship to
the Annenberg School. From the moment she picked up an
old Retina camera for her first school assignment, "I
knew that was exactly what I wanted to do and where I
wanted to be for the rest of my life."
Mark’s images of our world's diverse
cultures are landmarks in the field of documentary photography,
exhibited worldwide and published in over 16 books.
As with the academy award nominated film
Streetwise, Mary Ellen has collaborated on her
most recent book & exhibition project with her husband
Martin Bell. Extraordinary Child features children
at two specialized schools for the disabled in Reykjavik,
and Bell’s film Alexander: Extraordinary Child,
will be screened at this years Festival.
Mary Ellen’s numerous awards include
the ICP Cornell Capa Award, three NEA grants, the Robert
F Kennedy Journalism Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the
Infinity Award for Journalism, five honorary doctorates,
and a Walter Annenberg Grant for her book and exhibition
project on America.
"Mary Ellen Mark's
photographs reveal her ability to convey with powerful
insight the drama, the magic, and the tragedy of her subject's
lives."
— Anne Havinga, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
"I
think each photographer has a point of view
and a way of looking at the world... that has
to do with your subject matter and how you choose
to present it. What's interesting is letting
people tell you about themselves in the picture."
— Mary Ellen Mark
