Shutter Press Quotes by Mary Ellen Mark

In a portrait, you always leave part of yourself behind.

— Mary Ellen Mark

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

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

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

A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit.

— Mary Ellen Mark

Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society.

— Mary Ellen Mark

One of my all-time favorite photographers is Irving Penn. I wish I could have watched him work.

— Mary Ellen Mark

Nowadays shots are created in post-production, on computers. It's not really photography.

— Mary Ellen Mark

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

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

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

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