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'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
A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit. — 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 always think, 'What does this picture mean? What's the best place to put my camera? Do I have anything extra in… — 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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
