Mary Ellen Mark
Amanda and Her Cousin Amy in Valdese, North Carolina
1989
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Mary Ellen Mark
Amanda and Her Cousin Amy in Valdese, North Carolina
1989
Physical Qualities
Gelatin silver print, Sheet: 404 x 505 mm. (15 7/8 x 19 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
National Endowment for the Arts, and matching funds from Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Kronthal, Dr. and Mrs. Fray F. Marshall, Janis Hays Meyer, Dr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Starr, C. Rodney Strom, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Levine
Object Number
1991.80
Photo is result of a Life magazine assignment, which was not published. The Mark studio refers to this series as "Violent Children", though that wasn't the title of the proposed article.
Jan Howard, BMA, "A Century of American Photography: A Decade of BMA Acquisitions," 22 October 1997 - 11 January 1998.
Kristen Hileman, BMA. "Seeing now: Photography Since 1960," February 20-May 15, 2011.
Kristen Hileman, BMA. "Seeing now: Photography Since 1960," February 20-May 15, 2011.
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