PHOTOGRAPHER

Mary Ellen Mark

1940 - 2015

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Mary Ellen Mark (March 20, 1940 – May 25, 2015) was an American photographer known for her photojournalism, documentary photography, portraiture, and advertising photography. She photographed people who were "away from mainstream society and toward its more interesting, often troubled fringes". Mark had 21 collections of her work published, most notably Streetwise and Ward 81. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mary Ellen Mark has received more than 395,597 page views. Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Mary Ellen Mark is the 95th most popular photographer (up from 113th in 2019), the 5,802nd most popular biography from United States (up from 8,219th in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Photographer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.38

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.77

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHOTOGRAPHERS

Among photographers, Mary Ellen Mark ranks 95 out of 148. Before her are Nick Ut, Spencer Tunick, Karl Struss, Joel-Peter Witkin, Willy Ronis, and Henry Peach Robinson. After her are Roman Vishniac, Bob Guccione, David Douglas Duncan, Mario Testino, Alexander Gardner, and Hedi Slimane.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Mary Ellen Mark ranks 315. Before her are Vincenzo Cerami, Luke Kelly, Jorma Kaukonen, Chris Farlowe, Alberto Gallardo, and Godfrey Reggio. After her are Reinhard Bonnke, Ralph Towner, Veikko Kankkonen, Alfonso Guerra, George Ritzer, and Chuck Close. Among people deceased in 2015, Mary Ellen Mark ranks 263. Before her are Veijo Meri, Roger Rees, Peter Gay, Anna Kashfi, Claude Criquielion, and Geoff Duke. After her are Florence Arthaud, Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat, Danièle Delorme, Cilla Black, Lizabeth Scott, and Julio Terrazas Sandoval.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mary Ellen Mark ranks 5,802 out of 20,380. Before her are Robert G. Ingersoll (1833), James Read (1953), Salmon P. Chase (1808), Paul Gilbert (1966), Jonah Falcon (1970), and Ronald McNair (1950). After her are Alice Joyce (1890), Black Kettle (1803), Buck Adams (1955), Gordon Tullock (1922), Kim Raver (1969), and Marty Balin (1942).

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Among PHOTOGRAPHERS In United States

Among photographers born in United States, Mary Ellen Mark ranks 26. Before her are Berry Berenson (1948), Gertrude Käsebier (1852), William Eggleston (1939), Spencer Tunick (1967), Karl Struss (1886), and Joel-Peter Witkin (1939). After her are Bob Guccione (1930), David Douglas Duncan (1916), Garry Winogrand (1928), F. Holland Day (1864), Bert Stern (1929), and William P. Gottlieb (1917).

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