[Two young persons stand looking at the camera against a dark motorcycle. The motorcycle contains an image of a crucifix on the windshield. The person who frames the left side of the image, wearing a gray zip-up sweatshirt and a blonde ponytail, stands with their back leaning against the motorcycle and hands clasped in front of their abdomen. The person on the right side of the image leans into the frame with their elbow on the motorcycle and hand on cheek while wearing a light-colored jacket.]
Mary Ellen Mark
Girls on Motorcycle 6/1988 from Mary Ellen Mark: In America , 1988
Artwork Type: Photographs
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Dimensions: 11 x 14 in.
Accession #: 19971249I
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
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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