Mary Ellen Mark: Falkland Road, Prostitutes of Bombay
$144.00
- Hardcover
132 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2023
Summary
On her very first trip to India in 1968 Mary Ellen Mark visited Falkland Road, the notorious red-light area in Mumbai. She tried to photograph there yet was consistently met with hostility and aggression, both from the prostitutes she sought to portray and the men who were their customers. Resilient, she returned in 1978 for a magazine assignment and over the course of six weeks she slowly began to make friends and finally entered the daily lives of these women: “I had no idea if I could do t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9783969990926 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 3969990920 |
| Author: | Mary Ellen Mark |
| Publisher: | Steidl Publishers |
| Imprint: | Steidl Verlag |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 132 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2023 |
| Weight: | 1.26kg |
| Dimensions: | 320mm x 280mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
[Mary Ellen Mark] was gentle in her humanizing portrayals of marginalized communities, not only in India but across the world.–Christy Choi “CNN Style”
About The Author
Mary Ellen Mark
Mary Ellen Mark (1940-2015) captured iconic documentary and humanistic photographs. Her more than 20 books include Passport (1974), Falkland Road (1981) and Indian Circus (1993). Her 2015 book Tiny: Streetwise Revisited culminates 32 years documenting Erin Blackwell (Tiny), who featured in Martin Bell’s 1985 film Streetwise and Mark’s 1988 book of the same name. A dedicated social documentarian and portraitist, she often focused on marginalized communities - circus performers in India, street children in Seattle, the patients of Ward 81, and others - invariably connecting profoundly with her subjects. Mark’s work has been exhibited and published in magazines worldwide. Steidl has published The Book of Everything (2020) and Ward 81: Voices (2023).
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