The obsessions we have are pretty much the same our whole lives. Mine are people, the human condition, life. Mary Ellen Mark Read Quote
I’m just interested in people on the edges. I feel an affinity for people who haven’t had the best breaks in society. I’m always on their side. I find them more human, maybe. What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence. Mary Ellen Mark Read Quote
If I’m in an unusual or extreme social environment, I always want to know what it’s like to grow up there and experience it as normal, everyday life. And I want to know what sort of adults these children are going to turn into. Mary Ellen Mark Read Quote
I don’t like to photograph children as children. I like to see them as adults, as who they really are. I’m always looking for the side of who they might become. Mary Ellen Mark Read Quote
I just think it’s important to be direct and honest with people about why you’re photographing them and what you’re doing. After all, you are taking some of their soul. Mary Ellen Mark Read Quote
