MARY ELLEN MARK EVENTS INsight
CONVERSATIONJune 12, 7-9pm
Paramount Theater EXHIBITJune 6-30, McGuffey Art Center SCREENING"Alexander: Extraordinary Child"
June 12, Paramount Theater
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." 1
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 in 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.
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Jackie McGlone, news.scotsman.com
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
"There's nothing
much interesting to tell about me; what's interesting
is the person I'm photographing, and that's what
I try to show. ... 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
