[Four older persons dressed in matching black tuxedo jackets, top hats, white gloves, and shorts with tights stand in a line facing the camera. The subjects stand against a white wall with a small framed photograph of a person hanging on the wall.]
Mary Ellen Mark
Old women in black, Las Vegas 4/1991 from Mary Ellen Mark: In America , 1991
Artwork Type: Photographs
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 10 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.
Accession #: 19971249F
Credit: Collection of University Art Museum, University at Albany, State University of New York on behalf of The University at Albany Foundation, gift of Marvin and Carol Brown
Related Exhibitions:
Affinities and Outliers: Highlights from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections
I'll Be Your Mirror
Near & Far: Six Photography Portfolios from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections
Copyright: © Mary Ellen Mark
Object Label:
Show Object Label(s)Mary Ellen Mark (1940–2015,
American) documented marginalized
people and communities for over four
decades. Primarily working in black-
and-white photography, Mark is one of
the best-known photojournalists who
humanized a less familiar America and
turned her lens to other parts of the world.
Her powerful, contextual images insist
on a specific place and environment
that shapes one’s identity. Many of her
best-known photographs, such as those
included in Affinities and Outliers, reflect
a provocative style that captures her
subject’s story in a single frame.
–Affinities and Outliers: Highlights from the University at Albany Fine Art Collections
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