No, I don't think you're ever an objective observer. By making a frame you're being selective, then you edit the pictures you want published and you're being selective again. You develop a point of view that you want to express. You try to go into a situation with an open mind, but then you form an opinion, and you express it in your photographs.
Finding the right subject is the hardest part. - Mary Ellen Mark
Finding the right subject is the hardest part.
- Mary Ellen Mark
Reality is always extraordinary. - Mary Ellen Mark
Reality is always extraordinary.
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 tougher time survivin… - Mary Ellen Mark
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 tougher time survivin…
A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit. - Mary Ellen Mark
A great photograph needs no explanation; it functions by suggestion. There is no need to be explicit.
I’m just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven’t had the best breaks in society. What I want to do more than any… - Mary Ellen Mark
I’m just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven’t had the best breaks in society. What I want to do more than any…
I don't think you can develop or learn a way of seeing or a point of view. A way of seeing is who you are, how you think and how you create images. I… - Mary Ellen Mark
I don't think you can develop or learn a way of seeing or a point of view. A way of seeing is who you are, how you think and how you create images. I…
It’s not when you press the shutter, but why you press the shutter. - Mary Ellen Mark
It’s not when you press the shutter, but why you press the shutter.
In a portrait, you always leave part of yourself behind. - Mary Ellen Mark
In a portrait, you always leave part of yourself behind.
If you are interested in photography because you love it and are obsessed with it, you must be self-motivated, a perfectionist, and relentless. - Mary Ellen Mark
If you are interested in photography because you love it and are obsessed with it, you must be self-motivated, a perfectionist, and relentless.
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