Conceived and edited by film director Martin Bell, Mary Ellen Markª¡s husband and collaborator for 30 years, the Book of Everything celebrates in over 600 images and diverse texts Markª¡s extraordinary life, work and vision.
From 1963 to her death in 2015, Mark told brilliant, intimate, provocative stories of characters whom she met and engaged withª¢often in perpetuity. There was nothing casual or unprepared about Markª¡s approach; she unfailingly empathized with the people and places she photographed. For this comprehensive book Bell has selected images from Markª¡s thousands of contact-sheets and chromesª¢from over two million frames in total. These include her own now iconic choices, those published once and since lost in time, as well as some of her as yet unpublished preferences. Bell complements these with a few selections of his own.
Along with Markª¡s pictures made in compelling, often tragic circumstances, the Book of Everything includes recollections from friends, colleagues and many of those she photographed. Markª¡s own thoughts reveal doubts and insecurities, her ideas about the individuals and topics she depicted, as well as the challenges of the business of photography.
I became a photographer because photography found me. Once I started to take pictures there was no choice. That was just what I was and what I wanted to do and what I wanted to be. Mary Ellen Mark
Price is introductory until 1st September
From 1963 to her death in 2015, Mark told brilliant, intimate, provocative stories of characters whom she met and engaged withª¢often in perpetuity. There was nothing casual or unprepared about Markª¡s approach; she unfailingly empathized with the people and places she photographed. For this comprehensive book Bell has selected images from Markª¡s thousands of contact-sheets and chromesª¢from over two million frames in total. These include her own now iconic choices, those published once and since lost in time, as well as some of her as yet unpublished preferences. Bell complements these with a few selections of his own.
Along with Markª¡s pictures made in compelling, often tragic circumstances, the Book of Everything includes recollections from friends, colleagues and many of those she photographed. Markª¡s own thoughts reveal doubts and insecurities, her ideas about the individuals and topics she depicted, as well as the challenges of the business of photography.
I became a photographer because photography found me. Once I started to take pictures there was no choice. That was just what I was and what I wanted to do and what I wanted to be. Mary Ellen Mark
Price is introductory until 1st September
