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
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
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/q/img-quotes/d8d/mary-ellen-mark-8293_art_a-good-print-is-really-essential-i-want_883422.png)
