For Anna Deavere Smith, the way is rarely 'Easy' Aug 31, 2008
"I just got very interested in the stories of people who have health issues . . . the human body. My tape recorder gives me the necessary distance to get close to people," she says, borrowing a line from photographer Mary Ellen Mark. "It allows me to sit with a stranger and to find out how they are and to hear how they dealt with the happy times and how they dealt with very difficult situations.". (Boston Globe)
Report: 'The Pregnant Man' Gives Birth Jul 4, 2008
Photo by: Mary Ellen Mark. Thomas Beatie, also known as The Pregnant Man, has given birth to a girl, he confirms to PEOPLE exclusively. (People Magazine)
Vanity Fair's iconic images, from soulful to glossy Mar 15, 2008
Only when Mary Ellen Mark catches the sorrowful eyes of Liza Minnelli (2001) or when Leibovitz shows the sisterly discomfort of a hard-as-nails Jackie and Joan Collins (1987) is there a sense that Vanity Fair is more than a Hollywood fan-zine. It seemed eager to buff up the status quo and offer a heroic vision of Arnold Schwarzenegger's muscles on a mountain (Leibovitz, 1997) or Rupert Murdoch as a lone sailor by the same photographer (1994). (International Herald Tribune)
Beyond black and white Feb 2, 2008
He's exhibited in Paris, Germany and Kore 00004000 a and spent 1990 in New York, where he studied at the International Centre for Photography under Mary Ellen Mark, among others, taking an apartment in Harlem rather than "SoHo, in the photographers' district". "I jumped in the limo at the airport with all these Japanese ladies and said, 'I'm going to town, too.' Then I hit New York and found my own place. Most of the other students, and they were from all over the world, wouldn't go near there.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
What's On: Galleries Jan 20, 2008
NFB Mediatheque (150 John St. 416-973-3012): "Bharat" photo exhibit celebrating the heritage, culture and people of India has works by Mary Ellen Mark and Steve McCurry. On display to Jan. 31. (Toronto Star)
Lifetime Pulls Out All Stops Advocacy Initiative Oct 3, 2007
The new campaign -- the latter term is slang for friend -- was developed by advertising executive Linda Kaplan Thaler, award-winning photographer Mary Ellen Mark and Cancer Vixen author Marisa Acocella Marchetto, all of whom are breast cancer survivors. The campaign, featuring such notables as Fran Drescher, Daisy Fuentes, Whoopi Goldberg, Patti LaBelle, Ricki Lake, Reba McEntire, Mya, Holly Robinson Peete, Ronde Baarber and Jake Delhomme, is designed to encourage more women and men to become... (Multichannel News)
Celebrities and Notables From the Worlds of Film, Television, Music and Sports Join Lifetime Television's 13th Annual Multi-Platform 'Stop Breast Cancer For Life' Campaign Oct 3, 2007
Whoopi Goldberg, Reba McEntire, NFL Players Among Stars Participating in PSA Campaign Created by Breast Cancer Survivors: Advertising Legend Linda Kaplan Thaler, Renowned Photographer Mary Ellen Mark and Cancer Vixen Author Marisa Acocella Marchetto ... Informed by the leading breast cancer advocacy organizations, the new "Be My Strength, Be My Support, Be My Bra" on-air, online and print creative was developed by advertising executive Linda Kaplan Thaler, award-winning photographer Mary Ellen... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Stork due at house of Usher Jun 30, 2007
Famed photog Mary Ellen Mark kept a shoot on track when she used a squeaky toy to mesmerize Fran Drescher 's Pomeranian, which was sitting with Drescher for one of the "Be My Bra" ads that will kick off Lifetime's 2007 "Stop Breast Cancer for Life" campaign in October. Eye patch-wearing rapper Slick Rick will perform tonight at The Plumm on W. 14th St.. (New York Daily News)
Renowned Photographer Mary Ellen Mark, Advertising Legend Linda Kaplan Thaler and Cancer Vixen Author Marisa Acocella Marchetto - All Breast Cancer Survivors - Join Forces for LIFETIME's 13th Annual Stop Breast Cancer for Life Campaign Jun 29, 2007
NEW YORK, June 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Mary Ellen Mark (American Photo's "Most Influential Woman Photographer in America"), Linda Kaplan Thaler's agency, The Kaplan Thaler Group (the billion dollar ad agency responsible for the hilarious quacking Aflac duck), and Cancer Vixen author Marisa Acocella Marchetto are lending their creative forces to Lifetime's 13th annual award- winning Stop Breast Cancer for Life campaign ... "With photos by the renowned Mary Ellen Mark, our creative tag line from the... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Pets And Pics Apr 8, 2007
Dogs are also well represented, shot by such legendary lensmen (and women) as Elliott Erwitt, Bruce Weber, Mary Ellen Mark and Priscilla Rattazzi. William Wegman donated one of his Weimaraner puppy portraits, while Annie Leibovitz donated her portrait of Wegman himself with his dog Fay Wray. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
