Mary Ellen Mark: Exposure ( signed & dated )

Mary Ellen Mark / Introduction by Weston Naef

ISBN 10: 0714844047 / ISBN 13: 9780714844046

Published by Phaidon Press, New York, 2005

About this Item

1 st. edition, 1st. Printing 2005 , White cloth hardcover with the dust jacket, 288 page book. A rare copy that is signed and dated in the year of publication by Mary Ellen Mark on the first title page. Illustrated with her extraordinary full page black & white photographic work . A scarce copy of her work and signed dated and inscribed by her. Condition : As New . NOTE : this a large and havey book and will need extra postage . NO INTERNATION SALES Size: 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

Seller Inventory # 041525-R

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mary Ellen Mark: Exposure ( signed & dated )
• Publisher: Phaidon Press, New York
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0714844047
• ISBN 13: 9780714844046
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Mary Ellen Mark
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Signed Editions
  • Photography / Art / Monograph / Documentary
  • Photography / History / Journalism

About this title

Synopsis

Acclaimed American documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark (b. 1940) made her first iconic pictures when living in Turkey on a Fulbright Fellowship in the mid-1960s. Her photographs of Bombay brothels, shot in the late 1970s, were published in 1981 in Falkland Road, a book that became legendary and confirmed her status as one of the most prominent and provocative documentary photographers working today

Mark’s pictures are a celebration of humanity in its most diverse and eccentric forms. Circuses, gypsy camps, children yearning for adulthood, the poor and destitute are some of her recurring themes. Mark has the unique ability to capture gestures and expressions that translate the intense emotions of her subjects. Compassionate but never literal, her pictures can be humorous, tragic, enigmatic, shocking, and oftentimes all of these simultaneously

This book presents for the first time a selection of the strongest pictures of Mark’s forty-year career, drawing from emblematic series such as "Falkland Road," "Indian Circus," and "Twins," as well as a selection of previously unpublished images. The photographs are accompanied by an introduction by Weston Naef, and an interview with Mark that provides context and behind-the-scene anecdotes. Together Mark’s images and words provide intimate insights into the lives of others, presenting compelling stories of human strength and suffering

About the Author

Weston Naef is curator of the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, a position he has held since 1984.