Usually my ideas for work have revolved around my interest in people, especially people that live on the edges of society.

Mary Ellen Mark
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  1. I've always been interested in photographing traditions and customs - especially in America. The prom is an American tradition, a rite of passage that has always been one of the most important rituals of American youth. It is a day in our lives that we...

  2. Nowadays shots are created in post-production, on computers. It's not really photography.

  3. I work in colour sometimes, but I guess the images I most connect to, historically speaking, are in black and white. I see more in black and white - I like the abstraction of it.

  4. I wanted to travel from the beginning. As a kid, I used to dream about airplanes, before I ever flew in one.

  5. I knew from the first moment I picked up a camera, on my first school assignment, what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. I was going to find a way to travel the world and tell the stories of the people...

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