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| Mark in 2010 Koto Bolofo |
Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) and Dorothea Lange (1895-1965) have much in common, in terms of their art. Perhaps the most obvious and also the most profound similarity was their ability to recognize and capture a moment so infused with humanity that it could touch everyone, regardless of background or standing. Their pictures really were worth a thousand words each. Mark died May 25, but her photographs never will, because they are timeless (photographs and link to Mark's explanation of her favorite):
http://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2015/may/26/mary-ellen-mark-legendary-photographs-in-pictures
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| Lange © 1937, 2014 Rondal Partridge Archives |
On the other end of life's spectrum, May 26 is Dorothea Lange's birthday. Lange, of course, is best known for her portraits from the Depression, and especially that of the "Migrant Mother," Florence Owens Thompson. What is less well known is the fact that she took detailed notes about each of her subjects, including quotes from her conversations with them (story, photographs, link to story of Thompson ~ yes, she and her 10 kids survived, but it was never easy):
http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2015/05/26/409738018/hunger-and-humanity-how-dorothea-lange-taught-us-to-see
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