MARY ELLEN MARK: PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOTHER TERESA'S MISSIONS OF CHARITY IN CALCUTTA UNTITLED 39

David Featherstone

ISBN 10: 0933286430 / ISBN 13: 9780933286436

Published by THE FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, CALIFORNIA, 1985

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MARY ELLEN MARK: PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOTHER TERESA'S MISSIONS OF CHARITY IN CALCUTTA, UNTITLED 39 witrh text by David Featherstone. 48 pages, paper with stiff cover. Black and white photos. 10 1/2" x 8 1/4". Very gpood condiotion.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: MARY ELLEN MARK: PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOTHER TERESA'S MISSIONS OF CHARITY IN CALCUTTA UNTITLED 39
• Publisher: THE FRIENDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY, CALIFORNIA
• Publication Date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0933286430
• ISBN 13: 9780933286436
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very good
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  • Photography

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Synopsis

Socially conscious images have formed one of the dominant themes of photography throughout the twentieth century. Contemporary documentary photography has come to be valued not only for the information it conveys about its subject and the problems of the modem world, but also for what it reveals about the photographic medium and for the aesthetic experience it brings to its viewers.Mark was sent by Life magazine in 1978 to photograph the Missions of Charity in Calcutta. Mother Teresa, the order's founder and leader, had just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, and the photographs were to accompany a feature article on the woman. In January 1981 she returned to Calcutta for a two-month stay. Photographs from both of these intensive periods of work are the subject of this book.