Mary Ellen Mark - Photographer (Mar. 20, 1940 - May 25, 2015)

Mark was best known for her fearless photographs of groups on the fringe of society. Her husband spent the last 4 years distilling her nearly 2 million images down to a retrospective book of 515 plates. Lovely NPR story here.

Mary Ellen Mark by the water, near Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972.

Mary Ellen Mark by the water, near Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1972.

Diamond the Halloween Mermaid, South Bronx H.E.L.P. Shelter, New York, USA. 1993

Diamond the Halloween Mermaid, South Bronx H.E.L.P. Shelter, New York, USA. 1993