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Mary Ellen Mark

American photographer (1940-2015) · United States · On the map · Artists · Died at 75

Mary Ellen Mark was an American photographer known for her photojournalism, documentary photography, portraiture, and advertising photography. She photographed people who were "away from mainstream society and toward its more interesting, often troubled fringes".

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2015Died25 May 20152003Lucie AwardAward1994Guggenheim FellowshipAward1988George Polk AwardAward1940Born20 March 1940

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Awards

Lucie Award2003
Guggenheim Fellowship1994
George Polk Award1988
Dr. Erich Salomon Prize
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
Fulbright Scholarship

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Country
United States
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1940 to 2015 · aged 75

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