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[ 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
Object Label:
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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