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
Everyone asks me how I get my subjects to open up to me. There’s no formula to it. It’s just a matter… — 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
A lot of people who don't have anything collect dogs; it's kind of a symbol of having something. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
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 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 realized all of the possibilities that could exist for me with my camera: all of the images that I could capture,… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
There are some people who become best friends with everyone they photograph. There are people that I really like and admire and… — 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
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
To touch on people's lives [ in a way they ] haven't been touched on before, it´s fascianting. You know, it's one… — 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’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'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
I'm interested in reality, and I'm interested in survival. I'm interested in people who aren't the lucky ones, who maybe have a… — 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 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
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 Image
A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
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 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
Nowadays shots are created in post-production, on computers. It's not really photography. — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 confident about… — 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 that actually… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
![“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 [ a celebrity ] has an incredible character and you're really going to be able to delve into their personality – that's great. But you can never get real purity if people have…” quote by Mary Ellen Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/968/mary-ellen-mark-8293_able_to-touch-on-people-s-lives-in-a-way-they_232377.jpg)
![“I think you reveal yourself by what you choose to photograph, but I prefer photographs that tell more about the subject. 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…” quote by Mary Ellen Mark](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1e6/mary-ellen-mark-8293_interesting_i-think-you-reveal-yourself-by-what-you_1119245.jpg)
