It’s not when you press the shutter, but why you press the shutter. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
Nowadays shots are created in post-production, on computers. It's not really photography. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
Photograph the world as it is. Nothing's more interesting than reality. — 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. ...… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I want my photographs not only to be real but to portray the essence of my subjects also. In order to do… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
If I hadn't become a photographer, I would have loved to become a doctor. I would have loved to have done something… — 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 don't like to photograph children as children. I like to see them as adults, as who they really are. I'm always… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I'm a street photographer, but I'm interested in any ironic, whimsical images, and there's something very romantic about a circus. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
One of my all-time favorite photographers is Irving Penn. I wish I could have watched him work. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
In every successful still photographic project that I have completed, there has always been a turning point in the story where I… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
No, I don't think you're ever an objective observer. By making a frame you're being selective, then you edit the pictures you… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
What I'm trying to do is make photographs that are universally understood... that cross cultural lines. I want my photographs to be… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I would die if I had to be confined. I don't want to feel that I'm missing out on experiencing as much… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
The difficulty with color is to go beyond the fact that it's color ? to have it be not just a colorful… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by twins. In my forty years of photographing, whenever there was an opportunity, I would take a picture… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I’m trying to please myself; certainly that’s a big criterion... though in a sense, I don’t take images just for myself. I… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
It's just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people. Your subjects will trust you only if you're… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I think you reveal yourself by what you choose to photograph, but I prefer photographs that tell more about the subject. There's… — 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
During prom season, I travel around the country with a 20-by-24 camera - which is logistically complicated - and photograph proms. My… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
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… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
When I started out, it was considered very wrong to change an image. There were scandals if someone inserted a sky into… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
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 Image
The subject gives you the best idea of how to make a photograph. So I just wait for something to happen. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
If you are interested in photography because you love it and are obsessed with it, you must be self-motivated, a perfectionist, and… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I really knew when I started photographing I wanted it to be a way of knowing different cultures, not just in other… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I think photography is closest to writing, not painting. It's closest to writing because you are using this machine to convey an… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I went out on the street to shoot pictures. I was in downtown Philadelphia, and I just… — 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
It's good that everyone has an opportunity to take pictures, the chance to be a photographer. Some are good, too. But the… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I don't like gimmicky pictures; I've always hated them. I like pictures that are very clear and clean, whether you're a great… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I don't see how a woman in documentary photography could have children. I think it's a very difficult thing to do to… — 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
![“A good print is really essential. I want to take strong documentary photographs that are as good technically as any of the best technical photographs, and as creative as any of the best fine-art photographs. [...] I don't want to just be a photo essayist; I'm more interested in single…” quote by Mary Ellen Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8d/mary-ellen-mark-8293_art_a-good-print-is-really-essential-i-want_883422.png)
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