The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I saw that my camera gave me a sense of connection with others that I never had before. It allowed me to… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I’m just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven’t had the best breaks in society.… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
Looking at my own prom photograph reminds me of how significant that moment was - and how fleeting life is. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I love to photograph people in their own environment. It offers clues to what's important in their lives. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I knew from the first moment I picked up a camera, on my first school assignment, what I wanted to do for… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I could spend my whole life photographing circuses. They combine everything I'm interested in - they're ironic, poetic, and corny at the… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I'm not against digital photography. It's great for newspapers. And there are photographers doing great work digitally. When they use Photoshop as… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
If I'm in an unusual or extreme social environment, I always want to know what it's like to grow up there and… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I'm just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven't had the best breaks in society.… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I was thinking about how fleeting and precious life is. Life is also arbitrary. For example, the choices that you make, the… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
That's the way I learned photography: You make your picture in the camera. Now, so much is made in the computer. ... I'm not… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
I'm a documentary photographer. That's what I've always wanted to be; that's where my heart and soul is. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
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 Copy Share
A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
One of my all-time favorite photographers is Irving Penn. I wish I could have watched him work. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
Nowadays shots are created in post-production, on computers. It's not really photography. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
To touch on people's lives [ in a way they ] haven't been touched on before, it´s fascianting. You know, it's one thing if… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
What you look for in a picture is a metaphor, something that means something more, that makes you think about things you've seen or… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
It's just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people. Your subjects will trust you only if you're confident about… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
If I hadn't become a photographer, I would have loved to become a doctor. I would have loved to have done something that actually… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
I'm not much for cats. I'm terrified of mice. I've worked a lot with elephants, and they are extremely intelligent and sensitive, and thankfully,… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
I'm not against digital photography. It's great for newspapers. And there are photographers doing great work digitally. When they use Photoshop as a darkroom… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share
