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Calcutta
1980
8 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (21.91 x 32.7 cm)
Mary Ellen Mark (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1940 – 2015, New York, New York)
Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection, July 22, 2010 - March 13, 2011, New Wing, Second Floor, North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Eye-Contact: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, March 7, 2002 - June 2, 2003, San José Museum of Art.
Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection (2010-2011)
Since the 1960s, documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark has traveled repeatedly to India to record people who exist on the fringes of society. She has tackled such challenging topics as the prostitutes of Bombay; the mentally ill; people living out the final chapters of their life at Nirmal Hriday, the Home for the Dying; Nirmala Kennedy Center, a home for retarded and homeless women; Shanti Nagar (Peace) Village, a leprosy hospital; and other centers. Calcutta is typical of her noninvasive approach. Her work revolves around her fascination with people who are often invisible in mainstream society: "What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence," the artist once commented.
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Calcutta
Photograph
19808 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (21.91 x 32.7 cm)
Mary Ellen Mark (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1940 – 2015, New York, New York)
Object Type: Photograph
Medium and Support: Gelatin silver print on paper
Credit Line: Gift of Arthur J. Goodwin
Accession Number: 1997.24.082
Exhibition
Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection, July 22, 2010 - March 13, 2011, New Wing, Second Floor, North Gallery, San José Museum of Art.
Eye-Contact: Photographs from the Permanent Collection, March 7, 2002 - June 2, 2003, San José Museum of Art.
SJMA Label Text
Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection (2010-2011)
Since the 1960s, documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark has traveled repeatedly to India to record people who exist on the fringes of society. She has tackled such challenging topics as the prostitutes of Bombay; the mentally ill; people living out the final chapters of their life at Nirmal Hriday, the Home for the Dying; Nirmala Kennedy Center, a home for retarded and homeless women; Shanti Nagar (Peace) Village, a leprosy hospital; and other centers. Calcutta is typical of her noninvasive approach. Her work revolves around her fascination with people who are often invisible in mainstream society: "What I want to do more than anything is acknowledge their existence," the artist once commented.
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions: - Degrees of Separation: Contemporary Photography from the Permanent Collection San Jose Museum of Art , 7/22/2010 - 3/14/2011
Dimensions
- Image Dimensions: 8 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. (21.91 x 32.7 cm)
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