Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/12/09

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Subject: [Leica] Mary Ellen Mark (was re: leica spotted at fred phelps protest)
From: kcassidy at asc.upenn.edu (Kyle Cassidy)
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 11:56:07 -0500
 
Ken Said:
>Excellent photos, especially the last two.  Maybe this could be a new book
>project.  They remind me in a way of Mary Ellen Mark's KKK photos.  The
>photo of the little boy is beyond chilling.  Someone did a photo essay on
>snake handlers (evidently a group with an adverse mortality rate), but I
>can't remember who.

Mary Ellen Mark's KKK portraits were quite possibly the most influential 
images I've ever seen. Everything changed after that.

http://www.maryellenmark.com/images/large/odyssey/201B-021-009.jpg

http://www.maryellenmark.com/images/large/odyssey/201B-047-022.jpg
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