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've always been interested in photographing traditions and customs - especially in America. The prom is an American tradition, a rite of… — Mary Ellen Mark Copy Share Image
I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and it's very much 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
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
