Mark Ellen Mark, R.I.P.

Mark Ellen Mark died on Monday.  Her documentary work came along early in my photographic career — we were of the same generation — and served as a great influence to me.  This is just one of many images that I will not forget:

Beautiful Emine posing, Trabzon, Turkey, 1965. Photo by Mary Ellen Mark

Beautiful Emine posing, Trabzon, Turkey, 1965. Photo by Mary Ellen Mark

Learn more of Mark and her work at links like these:

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/27/arts/design/mary-ellen-mark-photographer-who-documented-difficult-subjects-dies-at-75.html

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/mary-ellen-mark/

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