Product Description

This book accompanies an international traveling exhibition of pictures by the acclaimed American photographer Mary Ellen Mark, made during the summer of 2006, and depicting disabled school-aged children in Reykjavik, Iceland. Most of the 70-some photographs were made at special schools, often during swimming lessons, but some were also made at the childrens' homes. Deeply moving, poignant, sad and joyous, these photographs take us into a reality that adjoins our own, but is very seldom seen. The pride and fear, the sheer effort, that Mark captures in these intensely human studies, can be difficult to bear. In addition to Mark's work, this volume contains 15 photographs of the empty schools by renowned Icelandic photographer Ivar Brynjolfsson, as well as 20 paintings by the children.
Over the past three decades, Mary Ellen Mark has achieved worldwide visibility through her numerous books, exhibitions and editorial magazine work. She is a contributing photographer to The New Yorker and has published photo-essays and portraits in such publications as Life and the New York Times Magazine.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #988500 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-01
• Released on: 2007-11-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author
"Mary Ellen Markis images of our worldis diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. She has published 14 books and her photographs have been exhibited worldwide. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Cornell Capa Award, the Infinity Award for Journalism, an Erna & Victor Hasselblad Foundation Grant, a Walter Annenberg Grant, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the Matrix Award, three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and two Robert F. Kennedy Awards."

"Mary Ellen Markis images of our worldis diverse cultures have become landmarks in the field of documentary photography. She has published 14 books and her photographs have been exhibited worldwide. She is the recipient of many awards, including the Cornell Capa Award, the Infinity Award for Journalism, an Erna & Victor Hasselblad Foundation Grant, a Walter Annenberg Grant, a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, the Matrix Award, three fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and two Robert F. Kennedy Awards."