Quote a Day – Mary Ellen Mark
"The Damm Family in their Car, Los Angles, California 1987" - ©Mary Ellen Mark
“Everyone asks me how I get my subjects to open up to me. There’s no formula to it. It’s just a matter of who you are and how you talk to people – of being yourself. Your subjects will trust you only if you’re confident about what you’re doing. They can sense that immediately. I’m really bothered by photographers who first approach a subject without a camera, try to establish a personal realationship, and only then get out their cameras. It’s deceptive. I think you should just show up with a camera, to make your intentions clear. People will either accept you or they won’t. – Mary Ellen Mark – “American Photo”, September/October 1998
