Photo: Mary Ellen Mark.
Mary Ellen Mark: March 20, 1940 – May 25, 2015.
The documentary photographer who is best known for her haunting portraits of people who live on the edge of society died in New York this weekend. She was 75.
Mary Ellen Mark. 1973. Photo by Ralph Gibson.
More on her life, her work, and her death: NYT Lens Blog, NY Mag, TIME, WaPo, and a first-person essay she wrote about some of her most iconic work at TIME.
Amanda and her cousin Amy, Valdese, N.C., 1990.
The Damm family in their car, Los Angeles, Calif., 1987.
Twin brothers Tulsi and Basant, Great Famous Circus, Calcutta, India, 1989.
Clayton Moore, the former Lone Ranger, Los Angeles, Calif., 1992.
Leprosy patient with her nurse, National Hansen’s Disease Center, Carville, La., 1990.
Ram Prakash Singh with his elephant Shyama, Great Golden Circus, Ahmedabad, India, 1990.
Edgar Bergen takes Charlie McCarthy out of his suitcase, Los Angeles, Calif., 1978.
Santa having a cigarette on his lunch break, New York City, 1964.
Federico Fellini on the set of “Satyricon,” Rome, Italy, 1969.
“Rat” and Mike with a gun, Seattle, Wash., 1983.