Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Mary Ellen Mark


                                                National Circus of Vietnam, Lenin Park, Hanoi, North Vietnam 1994

                                                       National Circus of Vietnam, Lenin Park, Hanoi, North Vietnam 1994

Mary Ellen Mark was born March 20, 1940.  When looking through her portfolio, I found that she did multiple studies of the circus in different countries.  I found that I really enjoyed her work, as it displayed a much happier tone and was full of interesting viewpoints and unexpected surprises- such as the standing dogs in picture one-.  Her use of light and dark, as well as shadow angles against deep perspective points created very dramatic scenes, while still somewhat whimsical.  The contrast of geometric shapes on the walls and floors make the figures stand apart in the pictures. 

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