Mary Ellen Mark and my photography inspired by her. I discovered Mary Ellen Mark and some of her work in Claire Marie Healy’s book Girlhood, which i bought at the Tate Gallery in London, England. Mary Ellen Mark was born on the March 20th, 1940 in Pennsylvania, United States and died May 25th, 2015 in Manhattan, New York. She was nominated for many awards such as, World Press Photo Award for General News and for Arts and Entertainment. She won a few, such as the Guggenheim Fellowship for creative arts.
She is an American photographer most known for her photojournalism and documentary photography. She works in black and white to portray the deep and powerful themes, without having colour it strips it down to only its subject and the action happening allowing the viewer to become absorbed and as well as allowing us to feel.
Her framing and composition are important to her, she prefers to crop her images while taking the photos on the camera rather than on an app.
She works in black and white because it strips down the image down to its most basic elements, which allows ourselves to become absorbed.
She doesn't clutter her frame, her images are simple and are not complicated, which allows the subject speak for itself. This is carried through all her shots.
To edit my photos I turned the saturation all the way down, blackpoint up by 50% as well as contrast and I turned the brightness up a bit. All my photos are raw and nothing was planned or placed for the sake of the picture. All the photos here portray different elements of girlhood, the photos with the dog show how girls do find comfort in their pets as they give them a sense of home, someone they can talk to and not be judged by or betrayed by. The photo all the way on the right of the two women (in their 40s) shows that female friendships can last forever.
