Mary Ellen Mark is one of the world’s greatest and most influential documentary photographers. Next month, 65 years after she took her first photograph, she will be the recipient of the Sony World Photography “Outstanding Contribution to Photography” 2014 Award. What is it that earns a photographer such an esteemed accolade? Let's take a brief look at her work to find out. I

Mary Ellen could see a story in the ordinary that another person might walk by and not even see.

If today’s Google Doodle didn’t tip you off it is International Women’s Day and March is Women’s History Month! I am of the view that women should be celebrated every darn d…

Sue Gallo Baugher et Faye Gallo,Twinsburg, Ohio, 1998 Photo Mary Ellen Mark

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Mary Ellen Mark From the set of Sleepy Hollow

The photographer, who died last month, has a famous portfolio of arresting images. Among them is a shot of two children in 1990. Amanda thought the photo shoot would change her life. It did not.

Photographs of confident and curious personalities.

Mary Ellen Mark (American, 1940–2015)

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