Passport

by Mary Ellen Mark

Black and white photographs of exotic places. The opening picture was taken years ago when I first started photographing. This picture says Passport to me. It's a picture of two travelers. They're not really refugees. They are coming from a small town along the Black Sea to the big city, Istanbul. It's been a long voyage. They're tired and scared and excited.... The beginning of a big adventure.

56 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1976

About the author

Mary Ellen Mark, born 1940, has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She is a contributing photographer to The New Yorker and has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as Life, New York Times Magazine, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. For over four decades, she has travelled extensively to make pictures that reflect a high degree of humanism. Today, she is recognized as one of our most respected and influential photographers. Her images of our world's diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. Her portrayals of Mother Teresa, Indian circuses, and brothels in Bombay were the product of many years of work in India. A photo essay on runaway children in Seattle became the basis of the academy award nominated film STREETWISE, directed and photographed by her husband, Martin Bell.