Corbis was fortunate enough to sit down with photography legend Mary Ellen Mark at the 2011 LOOK3 Festival in Charlottesville, VA. Mary Ellen discusses how she became involved with LOOK3, the influencing factors on her decision to shoot color or black and white, the future of black and white photography, and her thoughts on the recent commoditization of photography.
Indeed Mary Ellen, it is everybody's loss....I make a my living photographing well known and some not so well known people in the entertainment industry yet its not what interests me the most...I'm far more interested in discovering the extraordinary in the perceived ordinary...a much more fulfilling and engaging pursuit yet sadly next to impossible to survive by...
ldhorricks 8 months ago