Remembering Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015)

Mary Ellen Mark. 1973. (Photo By Ralph Gibson)

Legendary photographer Mary Ellen Mark died on May 25, 2015.

She was well known for her work in under-served communities, producing at least eighteen books and countless portraits that highlighted the beauty and

vulnerability of humanity.

Amanda And Her Cousin Amy Valdese, North Carolina, USA, 1990

“Rat” and Mike with a gun, Seattle, Washington, 1983

The Damm Family In Their Car Los

Angeles, California, USA, 1987

Two brothers tulsi and basant , great famous circus , serie indian circus, 1989

Ram Prakash Singh with His Elephant Shyama, Great Golden Circus, Ahmedabad, India 1990.

Girl Jumping Over A Wall Central Park, New York City, 1967

Mother Teresa at the home for the dying, Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta, India, 1980.

Tiny in her Halloween costume, Seattle, Washington, 1983

Beautiful Emine Posing Trabzon, Turkey, 1965

Jennifer, Tiffany, and Carrie, Portsmouth, Ohio (1989)

Gypsy camp, Barcelona, Spain, 1987.

Erin (Tiny) Charles, 1990; from the November 3, 2008.

Candice Lozada, nine, and Fantashia Toro, eleven, of the South Bronx Kids Dance Group; from the June 30, 2003.

The Rockettes Michelle Imor and Natalie King Smith with Leonardo, a sheep, backstage at Radio City Music Hall; from the December 15, 2003.

UniverSoul Circus in Prospect Park, Brooklyn; from the May 12, 2003.

Rachelli and Chanala Schiffer, six and four, and Rikki Siebzener, five, at Wollman Rink in Brooklyn; from the February 9, 2004.

Young Bull Riders, 1991

Erin (Tiny) Charles, 1983; from the September 4, 2006

Sedona Murphy; from the Feb 13 & 20, 2006.

Sergeant Michael Cain and his fiancée, Leslie Lantz, in a hotel near Walter Reed hospital; from the March 8, 2004.

Pro-Vietnam Demonstration, NY 1968

Sue Gallo Baugher et Faye Gallo,Twinsburg, Ohio, 1998 

Chrissy, Dean and Linda Damm, Llano, Calif. 1994.

Ingibjörg and Arna, best friends, during recess. Öskjuhlíðarskóli, Reykjavik, Iceland 2005

Pinky And Shiva Ji Great Royal Circus,

Junagadh, India, 1992

Heroin Addict on the Toilet,London, England, 1969

Edward Furlong and the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, "American Heart", Seattle, Washington, 1991

Vera Antinoro, Rhoda Camporato, and Murry Goldman, Luigi's Italian American Club, Miami, Florida, 1993

Benicio del Toro in character as Ernesto 'Che' Guevara de la Serna on the set of "The Argentine", 2008

Dennis Hopper plays with an American flag, "Apocalypse Now", Pagsanjan, Philippines, 1976

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett on the set of Babel, village near Ouarzazate, Morocco, 2005

Brooke Shields exercises on the set of "Sahara", Israel, 1983

Cate Blanchett and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, "Babel", village near Ouarzazate, Morocco, 2005

Luis Buñuel directs Catherine Deneuve, Tristana, Toledo, Spain 1969

Catherine Deneuve waiting in the snow on the set of "Mississippi Mermaid", Grenoble, France, 1969

Christina Ricci in her dressing room, preparing for the scene where Ichabod finds her reading the Compendium of Spells, Charms and Devices of the Spirit World on the set of "Sleepy Hollow", 1999

Courtney Love in her trailer on the set of "The People vs Larry Flynt" directed by Milos Forman in Los Angeles, 1996

Diane Lane and Francis Ford Coppola discuss the next scene on the set of Rumble Fish, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1982

Francis Ford Coppola shelters himself from the driving rain that added to the troubles of an already beleaguered shoot for "Apocalypse Now", 1979

Dustin Hoffman sneaking up on Sir Laurence Olivier. Marathon Man,Manhattan, New York, 1975

Claudia Cardinale and Federico Fellini on the set of "8/2", 1963

Federico Fellini on the Set of Satyricon, Rome, Italy, 1969

Giuseppe Rotunno with Federico Fellini who pretends to sleep on the set of Fellini's Satyricon,Rome, Italy 1969

Helena Bonham Carter

Jack Nicholson, Candice Bergen, Art Garfunkel "French kissing", Carnal Knowledge, Canada, 1970

Jean Claude Van Damme

Jeff Bridges on the set of "American Heart", Seattle, Washington, 1991

Jim Carrey, holding a flag, Hollywood, California, 2001

Jodie Foster, Los Angeles, 1994

Johnny Depp with Helena Bonham Carter rehearse on the set of Sweeney Todd,Pinewood Studios, England 2007

Johnny Depp on location, "Sleepy Hollow", England, 1999

Johnny Depp on the set of "Sleepy Hollow", Shepperton Studios, England, 1999

Kevin Costner, Sante Fe, New Mexico, 1993

Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carriere discussing the "Tristana" script, Toledo, Spain, 1969

Marlon Brando & Jack Nicholson on the set of The Missouri Breaks,Billings, Montana 1975

Alejandro González Iñárritu directing Cate Blanchett and Brad Pitt, Babel, village near Ouarzazate, Morocco, 2005

Martin Sheen taking a cigarette break. Apocalypse Now, Pagsanjan, Philippines, 1976

Jessica Lange and Dustin Hoffman pose for a picture, Tootsie, Hurley, New York 1982

Sydney Pollack clowns on the set of "Tootsie", New York, 1982

Jessica Lange and Dustin Hoffman, Tootsie, Manhattan, New York 1982

Martin Bell and Jeff Bridges on a ferry, American Heart, Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington 1991

Federico Fellini gives direction during a take, Satyricon, Rome, Italy 1969

Francois Truffaut on the set of Mississippi Mermaid,Grenoble, France, 1969

Luis Buñuel on the Set of Tristana, Toledo, Spain, 1969

The cast of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest posing for their picture on location at the Oregon State Hospital, Salem, Oregon 1974

Karen Black and Bill Atherton being moved to another location,The Day of the Locust, Los Angeles, California, 1974

Tom Waits between takes, Rumble Fish, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1982

Woody Allen and Mia Farrow on the set of "Alice", Astoria, Queens, 1991

Johnny Depp on the set of Sweeney Todd, Pinewood Studios, England, 2007

Johnny Depp

Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson together on the beach, Florida, 1973

Meryl Streep and Mike Nichols

Nicole Kidman in costume as the English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley, who inherits an Australian ranch on the set of "Australia", 2007

Paul Verhoeven adjusts Elizabeth Berkley's make-up, "Showgirls", California, 1995

Sean Penn in his dressing room, New York, 1983

Tim Burton directs Paul Giamatti, "Planet of the Apes", California, 2001

Tim Burton before a take, Planet of the Apes, Trona, California, 2001

Dennis Hopper on the set of Apocalypse Now,Pagsanjan, Philippines, 1976

Marlon Brando on set for "Apocalypse Now"

Marlon Brando fascinated by a dragonfly, "Apocalypse Now," Philippines, 1976

Mary Ellen Mark and Marlon Brando, on the set of Apocalypse Now, Pagsanjan, Philippines, 1976 by Stefani Kong Uhle

“Photography is the closest to the writing discipline: both try to say something.” Mary Ellen Mark (March 20 1940 – May 25 2015)

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