Nancy Spungen Portrait, Bars
<p>Mary Ellen Mark, <em>Nancy Spungen Portrait, Bars</em>, 1977, printed 1980s. Gelatin silver print, sheet: 20 1/16 × 15 7/8 in. (51 × 40.3 cm) Image: 18 5/8 × 12 7/16 in. (47.3 × 31.6 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Howard Greenberg 2020.200</p>
Catalogue
- Year
- 1977
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 20 1/16 × 15 7/8 in. (51 × 40.3 cm) Image: 18 5/8 × 12 7/16 in. (47.3 × 31.6 cm)
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Artist
- Mary Ellen Mark
Artist
Photography
Mary Ellen Mark was an American photographer known for intimate, unflinching documentary work in black and white. Working from the 1960s onward, she created extended visual narratives around marginalized communities, sex workers, circus performers, and homeless children across India, Turkey, and the American South. Her photographs combined the observational precision of photojournalism with a humanizing empathy that resisted exploitation. Mark's work appeared in major publications including Life and The New Yorker, and was exhibited internationally.
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- Mary Ellen Mark
- Year
- 1977
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 20 1/16 × 15 7/8 in. (51 × 40.3 cm) Image: 18 5/8 × 12 7/16 in. (47.3 × 31.6 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1977-169283
Source
- Collection
- Whitney Museum of American Art
- Source
- whitney
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified