Biography
Mary Ellen Mark (born March 20, 1940, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.) has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She is a contributing photographer to The New Yorker and has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as LIFE, the New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For over four decades, she has traveled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Today, she is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers. Her images of our world's diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. Her portrayals of Mother Teresa, Indian circuses, and brothels in Bombay were the product of many years of work in India. A photo essay on runaway children in Seattle became the basis of the Academy Award-nominated film Streetwise, directed and photographed by her husband, Martin Bell.
Mark was presented with the Cornell Capa Award by the International Center of Photography in 2001. She has also received the Infinity Award for Journalism, an Erna & Victor Hasselblad Foundation Grant, and a Walter Annenberg Grant for her book and exhibition project America. Among her other awards are the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the Matrix Award for outstanding woman in the field of film/photography, and the Dr. Erich Salomon Award for outstanding merits in the field of journalistic photography. She was also presented with honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degrees from her Alma Mater, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of the Arts; three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts; the Photographer of the Year Award from the Friends of Photography; the World Press Award for Outstanding Body of Work Throughout the Years; the Victor Hasselblad Cover Award; two Robert F. Kennedy Awards; and the Creative Arts Award Citation for Photography at Brandeis University.
She has published sixteen books, including Passport (Lustrum Press, 1974), Ward 81 (Simon & Schuster, 1979), Falkland Road (Knopf, 1981), Mother Teresa's Mission of Charity in Calcutta (Friends of Photography, 1985), The Photo Essay: Photographers at Work (A Smithsonian series), Streetwise (second printing, Aperture, 1992), Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years (Bulfinch, 1991), Indian Circus (Chronicle, 1993 and Takarajimasha Inc., 1993), Portraits (Motta Fotografica, 1995 and Smithsonian, 1997), A Cry for Help (Simon & Schuster, 1996), Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey (Aperture, 1999), Mary Ellen Mark 55 (Phaidon, 2001), Photo Poche: Mary Ellen Mark (Nathan, 2002), Twins (Aperture, 2003), Exposure (Phaidon, 2005), Extraordinary Child (The National Museum of Iceland, 2007), Seen Behind the Scene (Phaidon, 2009).
She also acted as the associate producer of the major motion picture American Heart (1992), directed by, Martin Bell.
Her recent book & exhibition project, Extraordinary Child, was commissioned by The National Museum of Iceland and features photographs of children at two specialized schools for the disabled in Reykjavik. Martin Bell also made a film on the same subject which premiered at the exhibition.
Aside from her book and magazine work, Mark has photographed advertising campaigns, among which are Barnes and Noble, British Levis, Coach Bags, Eileen Fisher, Hasselblad, Heineken, Keds, Mass Mutual, Nissan, and Patek Philippe.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
1962 B.F.A. in Painting and Art History, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1964 M.A. in Photojournalism, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, University of Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
2004 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Arts, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
2004 Honorary Degree, Doctorate of Fine Arts, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio
Grants
1965-66 Fulbright Scholarship to photograph in Turkey
1975 U.S.I.A. Grant to lecture and exhibit in Yugoslavia
1977 National Endowment for the Arts
1977 New York State Council for the Arts: CAPS Grant
1978 Commissioned Artist with the Bell System Photography Project
1979-80 National Endowment for the Arts
1990 National Endowment for the Arts
1994 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship
1997 Erna and Victor Hasselblad Foundation Grant to continue to make pictures for the American book & exhibition project
Exhibitions (Solo)
1976 "Bars," Photographers Gallery, London
1976-77 "Ward 81," Gallery Forum, Stradpack, Graz, Austria
1977 "Ward 81," Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California; Port Washington Library, Port Washington, New York
1978 "Ward 81," Castelli Graphics, New York, New York
1978 Boise Gallery of Art, Idaho
1978 Photography Gallery, Yarra, Australia
1979 "Ward 81," Museum of Art, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
1979-80 "Ward 81, Bars," Gallery Nagel, Berlin, Germany
1981 "Falkland Road," Castelli Graphics, New York, New York; Olympus Gallery, London, England
1982 "Falkland Road," Mary Porter, Seson Art Gallery, University of California, Santa Cruz, California; California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
1982 "Ward 81, Bars," Drew University, New Jersey
1983 Gallery of Fine Arts, Daytona Beach Community College, Daytona Beach, Florida
1983 "Mother Teresa and Calcutta," Friends of Photography, Carmel, California; Allen Street Gallery, Dallas, Texas
1986 "Mother Teresa and Calcutta," Northlight Gallery, Tempe, Arizona
1987 "Mother Teresa and Calcutta," Faculty Club Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1987 "Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs," University of Oklahoma, Museum of Art, Norman, Oklahoma
1988 "Portraits," Photography Gallery, Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, California
1988 "America," Pasadena Art Center, Pasadena, California; Brooks Art Institute, Santa Barbara, California
1989 " Portraits," Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama
1991 "Portraits," California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
1991 "Indian Circus: Platinum Prints," Castelli Graphics, New York, New York
1992 "Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years," International Center for Photography, New York, New York
1992 "Indian Circus: Platinum Prints," Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, California; Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California; Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts; Richard Gray Gallery, Chicago, Illinois; Bentler Morgan Gallery, Houston, Texas; A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans, Louisiana
1992 "Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years," George Eastman House, Rochester, New York; Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego, California; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia; Instituto de Estudios Norteamericanos, Barcelona, Spain; Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois
1992 "Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years and Indian Circus," Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
1993 "Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years," Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, California; Oliver Art Center, Oakland, California; Royal Society of Photography, Bath, England; Reykjavik Municipal Art Museum, Iceland; Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, Massachusetts; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio
1993 "Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs," Parco Exposure Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
1993 "Mary Ellen Mark: Indian Circus: Platinum Prints," Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii; Ogilvy and Mather, New York, New York
1993 "Mary Ellen Mark: America," Agatha Gaillard, Paris, France.
1994 "Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years," National Museum of Photography, Bradford, England,
1994 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1995 "Mary Ellen Mark: Indian Circus: Platinum Prints," Ogilvy and Mather, New York, New York; The Country Bazaar Gallery, Montauk, New York
1996 "The Master’s Series: Mary Ellen Mark," School of Visual Arts, New York, New York; A Gallery of Fine Photography, New Orleans; Chromatics, Nashville, Tennessee
1996 "Mary Ellen Mark: Thirty Years," Arthur Ross Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1996 "Mary Ellen Mark: Indian Circus: Platinum Prints," The Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio
1997 "Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years," The Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
1998 "Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years," Milan, Italy; El Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City, Mexico; Centro Fotografico Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca, Mexico
1999 "Tribute to Fellini," International Photomeeting, Republic of San Marino
2000 "Strange Moments," Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, New York
2000 "Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey," Boras Museum of Art, Boras, Sweden; Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, Indiana; Arbetets Museum, Norrkoping, Sweden; Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2000 "Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs," Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2000 "Mary Ellen Mark: 25 Years," Laumont Gallery, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, New Hampshire
2000-2001 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey," Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden
2001 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey," Landskrona Museum, Landskrona, Sweden; International Center of Photography, New York, NY; The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark; Minnesota Museum of American Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2002 "Mary Ellen Mark: Photographs," Leica Gallery, Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic
2002 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey," The National Museum of Photography, Horten, Norway; Reykjavik Museum of Photography, Reykjavik, Iceland; Bilden Hus, Sundsvall, Sweden
2002 "Mary Ellen Mark Photographs," Fait & Cause, Paris, France
2002-2003 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey," Orebro Konsthall, Orebro, Sweden
2003 "Mary Ellen Mark American Odyssey," Photoforum PasquArt, Bienne, Switzerland; Hasselblad Center, Goteborg, Sweden; Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia
2003 "Twins," Marianne Boesky Gallery/Kennedy Boesky Photographs, New York, New York
2003 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey & Twins," Carla Sozzani Gallery, Milan, Italy
2004 "Twins," Stadsgalleriet Halmstad, Sweden; Galleri F15, Moss, Norway; The Hague Museum of Photography, The Hague, Netherlands
2004 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey," EFTI, Madrid, Spain; Center & Circolo Fotografico Tina Modotti, Bolzano, Italy
2004 "American Odyssey & Twins," Fotobienniale, Moscow; Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, England
2004 "Twins & Falkland Road," Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
2005 "Falkland Road", Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, New York; Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, New York
2006 "Falkland Road" and "Twins", Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2006 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey & Twins," Salo Art Museum, Salo, Finland
2006-2007 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey & Twins," Perspektivet Museum, Tromso, Norway
2007 "Extrardinary Child", National Museum of Iceland, Reyjkjavik, Iceland
2007 "Twins," Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2007 "Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey," Fotogalleriet, Kristiansand, Norway
2007 "Ward 81," Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2007 "Mary Ellen Mark American Odyssey," Palazzo Guinigi, Lucca, Italy
2007-2008 "Mary Ellen Mark American Odyssey," Fotogalleriet Format, Malmo, Sweden
2007-2008 "Ward 81 Note Cards & Printing Notes", John McWhinnie @ Glenn Horowitz, New York, New York
2008 "Prom," Festival of the Photograph, Charlottesville, Virginia; Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
2008 "Twins," Terhune Gallery, Owens Community College, Toledo, Ohio
2008 "Extraordinary Child," Nordiska Museum, Stockholm, Sweden
2008 "Seen Behind the Scene," Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2008-2009 "Seen Behind the Scene," Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, New York
2009 "Indian Circus," Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, New York
2009 "Extraordinary Child," Duke University Center for Documentary Studies, Durham, North Carolina
2010 "Disquieting Images," La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
2010-2011 "Seen Behind the Scene," Fnac Spain, various locations
Exhibitions (Group)
1969 "Vision and Expression," George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
1973 Photokina, Cologne
1973 I.P.O.S.A., Traveling Exhibition
1975 "Women of Photography: A Historical Survey," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California
1975 "Women Photographers," Neikrug Gallery, New York, New York
1975 U.S.I.A., European Traveling Exhibitions
1975 Exhibit with Ralph Gibson, Photopia Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1976 "Women of Photography," Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, New York
1977 "Eight American Female Photographers," Iran-America Society Cultural Center, Tehran, Iran
1977 Exhibit with Burk Uzzle, M.I.T. Creative Photography Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1979 "American Images," International Center of Photography, New York, New York
1979 Portraits and Permanent Collection, Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
1980 "Likely Stories," Castelli Graphics, New York, New York
1980 "American Images: New Work by Twenty Contemporary Photographers, International Center of Photography, New York, New York
1981 "Portraits," Klaus Honnef-Lichtbildniffe, Rheinschef Landes Museum, Bonn, Germany
1981 "Love is Blind," Castelli Graphics, New York, New York
1981 "Photography as Art," Joyce Strauss, Denver, Colorado
1981 "Points of View," University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
1981 "Color As Form," History of Color Photography, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
1982 "Color As Form," History of Color Photography, George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
1982 The Photography Gallery, Castelli Graphics, New York, New York
1982 Floods of Light; "Flash Photography 1851-1981", Castelli Graphics, New York, New York
1982 "American Photography Today," University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado
1982 "The Permanent Collection: A Selection of American Images," Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1983 Eaton Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1983 "Phototypes: The Development of Photography in New York," Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, New York
1985 "Bars," Barbican Art Gallery, London, England
1985 "Mother Teresa," Munich Stradt Museum, Munich, Germany; Hillwood Art Gallery, Greenvale, New York
1985 "Portraits," Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, New York
1985 "Faces, United Nations 40th Anniversary Photography Exhibit," Berkeley, California
1985 "NYC X 5, Bars," Eaton Shoen Gallery, San Francisco, California
1986 "Santa Barbara," Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, California
1986 "Miami Beach," Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, Florida; Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine; Menacham Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora, American Friends of Beth Hatefutsoth/World Zionist Organization, Miami Beach, Florida
1986 "50 Years of Modern Color Photography," Photokina, Cologne, Germany
1986 "Mother Teresa," Catskill Center of Photography, Woodstock, New York
1986 "Public/Private," The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
1986 "I'm Not Crazy, I Just Lost My Glasses," New Works Gallery, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois
1986 "The World: Conflict & Caring," The Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York
1986 "Out of the Darkroom/Art of the Darkroom," Euphrate Gallery, Cupertino, California
1986 "Commitment to Vision," Oregon Gallery, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
1986 Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, California
1987 "Photographers Who Make Films," The Catskill Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York
1987 "Inside Out: Ward 81," Gallery II at de Saisset Museum, Santa Clara, California.
1987 "1974," Light Gallery, New York, New York
1987 "Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: Part II," Friends of Photography, Carmel, California
1987 "American Dreams," Centro Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
1987 University of Colorado: Group Show, Boulder, Colorado
1987 "Ansel Adams and Friends," Scotsdale Center For The Arts, Scottsdale, Arizona
1988 "Legacy of Light," De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts
1988 "Selected Works," Castelli Graphics, New York, New York
1988 "Homeless In America," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; New York City Public Library, New York, New York
1988 "China," Rencontres D'Arles, Arles, France
1988 "The Instant Likeness," Polaroid Portraits, The National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1988 "Paris Opera," Association Pour Le Rayonnement De L'Opera De Paris, France
1989 "New Portraiture," Clarence Kennedy Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts
1989 "Das Portrait in der Zeitgenossischen Photographie," Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany; Kulturcentrum, Mainz, Germany
1989 "In Our Time: The World As Seen By Magnum Photographers," International Center of Photography, New York, New York
1991 "Imaging Illness," Albert Schweitzer Center, Great Barrington, Washington
1991 "Pictures of Peace," F.I.T. Resource Center, New York, New York
1992 "Our Town," Aperture, New York, New York
1993 Oklahoma Arts Institue, Quartz Mountain Lodge, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
1993 "University of Colorado: All Hallow's Eve," Boulder, Colorado
1993 "Ward 81," University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire
1993 "Angels, An Endangered Species," College of New Rochelle, Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, New York
1993 "Wings of Change," Directors' Guild of American, Los Angeles, California
1994 Olgivy & Mather, New York, New York
1994 Visa Pour L'Image/Perpignan, Perpignan, France
1994 Festival International de la Photo de Mode, Paris, France
1994 Talking Pictures Traveling Exhibition ( New York City, San Francisco, Washington DC, Atlanta, Milwaukee, LA, Minneapolis, Nashville, Tucson, Baton Rouge)
1994 "Magic of Play," Giorgio Beverly Hills, California
1994 "...it's how you play the game.", Exit Art, New York, New York
1995 "A Century Apart: Images of Struggle & Spirit, Jacob Riis & Five Contemporary Photographers," City Museum of New York, New York, NY
1995 PDA Exhibit, Las Vegas, Nevada
1995 "Magic Moments — 40 Years of Leica M," Galerie Photo, Paris, France
1995 "Insight: Women's Photographs from the Collection," — George Eastman House, Rochester, New York
1995 "We Look and See, Images of Childhood in Contemporary American Photography," University Art Museum, Berkeley, California
1995 "Magic of Play," Grand Central Station, New York, New York
1995 "Animal Attractions," Humane Society, New York, New York
1995 "100th Anniversary of Conde Nast Traveler," Danzinger Gallery, New York , New York
1996 "Beyond the Looking Glass, Contemporary Women Photographers," David Adamson Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1996 "Family Matters," Greg Kucera Gallery, Seattle, Washington
1996 "Howard Finster," Fay Gold Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia
1996 "Clinique's Future Beauty" Houk Friedman Gallery, New York, New York
1996 "60th Anniversary of Life Magazine," The Newseum, New York, New York
1997 "Prostitution," Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles, California
1997 "The Portrait/The Nude II," Fahey/Klein, Los Angeles, California
1997 "India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-1997," National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi, New Delhi, India; National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai, Mumbai, India; Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
1997 "Hope Photographs," MTA Arts for Transit Lightbox Project, on display at Times Square Station, New York, New York
1997 "Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century," The Saint Louis Art Museum St. Louis, Missouri
1998 "A Summer Wedding," Leica Gallery, New York, New York
1998 "Pictures of Texas Monthly, 25 Years" Lyndon Baines Johnson Library, Austin, Texas
1998 "India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-1997," Victoria Memorial Museum, Calcutta, India; Lalit Kala Akademi, Chennai, India; Royal Festival Hall, London, England; Palazzo Reale - Arengario Milan, Italy; Knoxville Museum of Art, Knoxville, Tennessee
1998 "Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century," The Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; The Mead Museum of Art, Amherst, Massachusetts
1998 "The Coincidence of the Arts," (Mario Testino, David Levinthal, and Francisco Toledo) Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Paris, France
1998 "Holding Patterns: Selections from the Photography Collection of Arthur J. Goodwin," San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
1999 "Independent Visions: Women Photographers from the Collection," California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
1999 "All Dressed In White: Bridal Traditions," Castle Gallery, New Rochelle, New York
1999 "Defining Eye: Women Photographers of the 20th Century," George Eastman House, Rochester, New York; Brauer Museum at Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana; Wichita Art Museum, Wichita, Kansas; UCLA Hammer Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
1999 "India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-1997," Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL.
1999 "Masterminds of Mode: International Fashion Festival in Japan," Mitsukoshi Gallery at Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Japan
1999 "The Way Home: Ending Homelessness in America," Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2000 "Masterminds of Mode: International Fashion Festival in Japan, "Mitsubishi-Jishi Atrium, Japan; Kobe Fashion Museum, Japan
2000 "Keepers of the Wisdom," United Nations, New York, New York
2000 "Personae: Portraits from the Collection," The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois
2000 "India: A Celebration of Independence, 1947-1997" (selected images), the Consulate General of India, New York, New York
2000 "Picturing the Modern Amazon," The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
2000 "In Black and White: Photography," Stefan Stux Gallery, New York, New York
2000 "Looking Into the Collection: Faith," Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
2001 "Two Women," Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2001 "In Response to Place," The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2002 "In Response to Place," The Houston Museum of Science, Houston, Texas
2002 "In Response to Place," Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia
2002 "50th Anniversary," Aperture's Burden Gallery, New York, New York
2002 "New York: Capital of Photography," Jewish Museum, New York, New York; Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin; Musée de L 'Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland; Joods Historisch Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2003 "In Response to Place," The Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois; Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana
2003 "Game Face," Union Station, Kansas City, Missouri; Chicago Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois
2004 "1970s Color Photography," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, New York
2004 "In Response to Place," Bellevue Art Museum, Seattle, Washington; Cincinnati Museum Center, Cincinatti, Ohio; Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan
2004 "Game Face," Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado; World Financial Center, New York, New York; Fisher Gallery at USC, Los Angeles, California; Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, Florida
2006 "New York, New York," Grimaldi Forum, Monaco
2007 "New York," House of World Cultures, Berlin, Germany
2007 "Women by Women: Artworks from the Permanent Collection Gallery," California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
2007 "Prized Images: The Knight Purchase Award for Photographic Media 1991-2006," Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio
2007-2008 "New York," Queens Museum of Art, Queens, New York
2008 "Vanity Fair Portraits," National Portrait Gallery, London, England
2008-2009 "Vanity Fair Portraits," Los Angeles Count Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
2008 "Role Models," National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2008-2009 "Leica + Hasselblad: A Selection of Classic Cameras from the David Whitmire Hearst Jr. Foundation Collection," California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
2009 "Character Project," various locations
2009 "American the Beautiful," Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, New York
2009 "Sacred Sight: Photographs in India," Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, New York
2009 "An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area," SF Camerawork, San Francisco, California
2009-2010 "Sacred Sights," The Empty Quarter, Dubai, UAE
2010 "CINEMA," Polka Gallery, Paris, France
2010 "Engaged Observers: Documentary Photography since the Sixties," The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
2010-2011 "eye contact: a potpourri of portraiture from the permanent collection," California Museum of Photography, Riverside, California
2010-2011 "60 from the 60s: Selections from the George Eastman House," 1285 Avenue of the Americas Gallery, New York, New York
2010-2011 "Vanity Fair 100 años," Galeria Ivory Press, Madrid, Spain 2011 "Under the Big Top," The University of Vermont's Fleming Museum of Art, Burlington, Vermont
2011 "Beauty in the 21st Century, part 2: MEN," Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Permanent Collections
Australian National Gallery
Avon Collection
American Museum of the Moving Image
Baltimore Museum of Art
Bibliotheque Nationale
Boca Raton Museum of Art
California Museum of Photography
California State University Library, Long Beach
Center for Creative Photography
Centro Fotografico Alvarez Bravo, Oaxaca
The Chrysler Museum of Art
Cleveland Museum of Art
Clinique Collection
Corcoran Gallery of Art
Detroit Institute of Arts
El Centro de la Imagen, Mexico City
Elvehjem Museum of Art
George Arents, Jr. Collection at the New York Public Library
George Eastman House
The Hague Museum of Photography
Hallmark Photographic Collection
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University
Hofstra Museum
Honolulu Academy of Art
Hope Photographs Collection for Cameraworks
International Center of Photography
Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts at Stanford
J. Paul Getty Museum
Leo Castelli
Library of Congress
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Mead Art Museum at Amherst College
Minneapolis Institute of Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego
Museum Ludwig, Cologne
National Gallery of Australia
National Millennium Survey, College of Santa Fe
National Portrait Gallery
Neuberger Museum
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Maine
Saint Louis Art Museum
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Seattle Art Museum
Smith College
Southeast Museum of Photography
Sweet Briar College
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography
The Toledo Museum of Art
University of Colorado
University of New Mexico Art Museum
University of Oklahoma Museum of Art
University of Oregon
Whitney Museum of American Art
Yale University Art Gallery
Awards
1980 First Prize, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, "Mother Theresa," Life Magazine
1980 Page One Award, for Excellence in Journalism, The Newspaper Guild of New York, "Children of Desire," New York Times Magazine
1981 First Place Feature Picture Story, University of Missouri, "Mother Teresa in Calcutta," Life Magazine
1981 First Prize, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, "Mother Teresa in Calcutta," Life Magazine
1982 Leica Medal of Excellence, "Falkland Road"
1983 Canon Photo Essayist Award, "Streets of the Lost," Life Magazine
1983 Honorable Mention - Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, "Streets of the Lost," Life Magazine
1984 First Place Magazine Published Picture Story, University of Missouri, "Streets of the Lost," Life Magazine
1984 First Prize, Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, "Camp Good Times," Life Magazine
1986 The Phillipe Halsman Award for Photojournalism, ASMP
1986 World Press Photo, 2nd Prize News Features Series
1987 Photographer of the Year Award, The Friends of Photography
1988 Art Directors Club 67th Annual Exhibition Distinctive Merit Award
1988 Creative Arts Awards Citation For Photography, Brandeis University
1988 World Press Award, for Outstanding Body of Work Throughout the Years
1988 George W. Polk Award, Photojournalism
1988 Distinguished Photographer's Award, Women In Photography
1989 Art Directors Club Award
1989 The World Hunger Media Awards, Best Photojournalism, "Children of Poverty", Life Magazine
1990 Pictures of the Year Award for Magazine Portrait/Personality, "The Face of Rural Poverty," Fortune Magazine
1992 Victor Hasselblad Cover Award
1992 The Society of Publication Designers, Award of Distinctive Merit, "Pretty Babies," Buzz Magazine
1992 The Society of Publication Designers, Award of Distinctive Merit, "The Prince of Wildwood," Rolling Stone
1992 Society of Newspaper Design, Award of Excellence, Magazine Cover and Photojournalism Feature, The New York Times Magazine.
1993 Communication Arts Photography Annual, Award of Excellence, Editorial Category
1993 Communication Arts Photography Annual, Award of Excellence, Editorial Series Category
1993 Front Page Award, The Newswomen’s Club of New York, "Cree Indians" for Conde Nast Traveler, November 10, 1993
1993 American Photography Competition, Certificate of Excellence, "The Good Boy," Los Angeles Times Magazine
1993 American Photography Competition, Certificate of Excellence, "Rodeo Texas USA" series, Texas Monthly
1993 American Photography Competition, Certificate of Excellence, "The Devil & Rupert, Idaho," Los Angeles Times Magazine
1993 Golden Light Awards Photographic Book of the Year, "Indian Circus"
1994 The Professional Photographer of the Year Award, Photographic Manufacturers & Distributors Assoc.
1994 Hearst Magazine and New York Women in Communications, Inc.’s Matrix Award for Film/ Photography.
1994 The Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Photographie’s Dr. Erich Salomon Preis Award
1994 American Photography Competition, Certificate of Excellence, "After the Deluge," Vogue Magazine
1994 American Photography Competition, Certificate of Excellence, "Boy George," US Magazine
1995 "Heros of the West, Premiere Magazine" American Photography 11
1995 American Photography Competition, Certificate of Excellence, "Back In the Saddle Again" series, Premiere Magazine
1995 American Photography Competition, Certificate of Excellence, "The Abortionist," GQ Magazine
1995 Pictures of the Year, 3rd Place Magazine Division, "The Sins of Fathers" Freelance/Life Magazine
1995 Pictures of the Year, 1st Place Magazine Division, "Napping" Freelance/Life Magazine
1996 United States Department of State, Certificate of Appreciation in generously supporting the Art in Embassies Program
1996 Picture of the Year, 1st place in magazine division for issue reporting "Damm Family"; 3rd place in magazine division for picture essay
1996 Master Series Award, School of Visual Arts
1997 Inf inity Award, International Center of Photography
1997 The Society of Publication Designers, Merit Award for Design Feature Story, "El Circo," Texas Monthly, November
1998 Communication Arts Photography Annual, Award of Excellence, Editorial Catagory
1998 The Art Directors Club Merit Award, "Happy Doomsday"
1998 The Art Directors Club Silver Award, "El Circo"
1998 The Society of Publication Designers, Gold Medal Award for Design Entire Issue, "Battle of the Generations," Fast Company, September issue
1999 Communication Arts Photography Annual, Award of Excellence, Editorial Category
1999 Leadership Award, International Photographic Council
1999 Photographic Administrators Incorporated, Award for Excellence in Photojournalism
2000 Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania, The Merrill Panitt Citizenship Award
2001 International Center of Photography, Infinity Awards, Cornell Capa Award
2003 Lucie Award for Documentary Photography
2004 World Press Photo Awards, First Prize in the Arts (Twins series)
2006 Visionary Woman Wards, Moor College of Art
2006 Photographic Center Northwest, Photo Vision Award
Magazines
Work has appeared in: AARP-The Magazine, AdWeek, Allure, American Agenda, American Benefactor, American Photo, American Photographer, American Film, Aperture, Applause, Arena, Art News, Best Life, Blaze, Bloomberg Financial Market News, Brigitte, Business Week, Buzz, Camera, Camera & Darkroom, Connoisseur, Camera Arts, Communication Arts, Cookie, Dance Inc., Der Spiegel, Details, Detour, Entertainment Weekly, Epoca, ESPN, Esquire, Evergreen, Face, Family Weekly, Fast Company, Foto(German), Fortune, French Photo, Geo, Geografica, George, Glamour, Gourmet, GQ, Graphis, Harpers Bazaar, Health, Horizon, House & Garden, In Style, India Today, Independent, Infinity, Interview, Il Fotografo (Spanish), Ladies Home Journal, Leica Magazine, Life, Life Magazine (Japanese), London Sunday Times, Look, Los Angeles Times Magazine, Mademoiselle, Manhattan Inc., Marie Claire, Mirabella, Modern Photography, Modern Maturity, Moviegoer, Ms., National Geographic, New York, New Yorker, New York Times Magazine, New York Woman, Observer, Oprah, Out, Panorama, Parade, Paris-Match, People, Phillip Morris, Photo, Popular Photography, Popular Photography Annual, Philadelphia Review, Premiere, Prevention,Pursuit, Quest, Red, Regardie's, Rolling Stone, Self, Stern, Smithsonian, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated for Women, Talk, Tempo, Texas Monthly, Time, Time-Life Photography Annual, 35mm Photography, Town and Country, Total Film, Total TV, Travel and Leisure, Traveler, U.S. Camera, US Magazine, Vanity Fair, Venice, Vibe, Visionaire, Visual Arts, Vogue, L'Uomo Vogue (Italian Vogue), British Vogue, Paris Vogue, W, Washington Post Magazine, Weltbild, Westways, Whitewall, Who Weekly, World Press Photography, Working Woman, Yale Alumni Magazine, YM, Zero.
Books
Passport, Lustrum Press, 1974
Ward 81, Simon and Schuster, 1979, Damiani, 2008
Falkland Road, Alfred A. Knopf, 1981, Steidl, 2007
Mother Teresa's Missions of Charity in Calcutta, The Friends of Photography, Untitled Series, 1985
Streetwise, University of Pennsylvania Press, 1988, Aperture, 1992
The Photo Essay: Photography by Mary Ellen Mark, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1990
Mary Ellen Mark: Twenty Five Years, Bulfinch Press (In conjunction with George Eastman House/Kodak), 199
Indian Circus, Chronicle Publishers, 1993, Japan Independent Communications Corporation, 1993
A Cry For Help: Stories of Homelssness and Hope, Simon and Schuster,1996
Mary Ellen Mark Portraits, Motta Fotografia, November 1995, Smithsonian International Press, 1997, Nathan, Paris, France, September 1997
Mary Ellen Mark: American Odyssey, Aperture, New York, New York, 1999
Mary Ellen Mark: 55, Phaidon, London, United Kingdom, 2001
Photo Poche: Mary Ellen Mark, Nathan, Paris, France 2002
Twins, Aperture, New York, New York 2003
Exposure, Phaidon, London, England 2005
Extraordinary Child, The National Museum of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland 2007
Seen Behind the Scene, Phaidon, London, England 2008
Film Credits
Streetwise, Documentary, 1985
American Heart, Feature, 1993, Associate Producer
The Amazing Plastic Lady, Documentary, National Geographic Explorer Series, 1993, Producer
Twins, Documentary, 2003, Producer
Alexander, Documentary, 2007, Producer