Mary Ellen Mark is one of the most highly regarded portrait
and documentary
photographers in the world. Our exhibition focuses on a less
known aspect of
Mark’s work: the film set and the actors and directors
who are its temporary
inhabitants. As with her other iconic images of people on the
margins of
society — circus performers, gypsies, runaways, prostitutes
and addicts —
the film personalities emerge as powerfully as her non-celebrities:
Marlon
Brando as a mythic western hero, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy
as
inseparables, Federico Fellini, caught in the glare of bright
lights, about
to break into a dance, François Truffaut as a poetic loner,
Jim Carrey as
all-American crackpot, Liza Minnelli, as show business’s
proud sufferer, and
many more. These images reveal a relationship between camera
subject and
photographer that is based on trust and mutual respect or, at
least, an
irresistible attraction. Although some of these photographs have
appeared in
print, this is the first exhibition of Mark’s indelible
movie work.
Mark’s previous work appeared in series such as Falkland
Road, Indian
Circus, and Twins. The newest book is entitled Exposure and includes
many
previously unpublished photos as well as signature works.
For more information about Mary Ellen Mark visit www.maryellenmark.com
Mary Ellen Mark is represented by the Marianne Boesky Gallery
in New York.
www.marianneboeskygallery.com
