"Mark uncannily tiptoes around the minefield of egos and strips away the greasepaint. Heat magazine hasn't an ounce of the humanity revealed here."-World of Interiors
American photographer Mary Ellen Mark is one of the most prominent and provocative documentary photographers working today. Her pictures are a celebration of humanity in its most diverse and eccentric forms - children yearning for adulthood, the poor and the destitute are some of her recurring themes. She has received an impressive number of awards and grants for her work, including three National Endowment for the Arts grants, the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship and five honorary doctorates.
Introduction by Mary Ellen Markc. 250 black and white photographsShort texts by a range of film industry professionals, including: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, director/producer (Babel, 21 Grams, Amores perros) Buck Henry, actor/writer (Catch 22, The Graduate) Candice Bergen, actress (Gandhi, Carnal Knowledge) Giuseppe Rotunno, cinematographer (Fellini Satyricon, Amarcord) Helen Mirren, actress (The Queen) James Ivory, director (The Remains of the Day, Howards End, A Room with a View) Jeff Bridges, actor (The Big Lebowski, American Heart, The Fisher King) John Irving, writer (The Cider House Rules) Martin Bell, director, writer (American Heart, Streetwise) Mike Nichols, director/producer (Charlie Wilson's War, Biloxi Blues, Carnal Knowledge, Catch 22, The Graduate) Milos Forman, director (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The People vs. Larry Flynt, Hair) Richard Gladstein, producer (The Bourne Identity, Reservoir Dogs, The Cider House Rules) Robert Downey Jr, actor (Fur, Chaplin, Natural Born Killers) Sofia Coppola, director/actress (Lost in Translation, The Virgin Suicides, The Godfather Part III) Zanuck, producer (All About Eve)