9781606061084-1606061089-Prom

Prom

ISBN-13: 9781606061084
ISBN-10: 1606061089
Edition: 1
Author: Mary Ellen Mark
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Format: Hardcover 164 pages
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ISBN-13: 9781606061084
ISBN-10: 1606061089
Edition: 1
Author: Mary Ellen Mark
Publication date: 2012
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Format: Hardcover 164 pages

Summary

Prom (ISBN-13: 9781606061084 and ISBN-10: 1606061089), written by authors Mary Ellen Mark, was published by J. Paul Getty Museum in 2012. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Individual Artists (Equipment, Techniques & Reference, Photography & Video, Portraits, Children) books. You can easily purchase or rent Prom (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Individual Artists books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.53.

Description

The high school prom is an American tradition, a rite of passage, and one of the most important rituals of youth in this country. The internationally recognized documentary photographer Mary Ellen Mark took on the extraordinary challenge of working with the Polaroid 20x24 Land camera to produce this fascinating look at dozens of young people from a diverse range of backgrounds on this memorable night in their lives.

Traveling across the United States to complete the project from 2006 to 2009, Mark photographed prom-goers at thirteen schools from New York City to Charlottesville, Virginia, to Houston to Los Angeles. Mark’s husband, the filmmaker Martin Bell, collaborated with her on the project to produce and direct a film, also called Prom, featuring interviews with the students about their lives, dreams, and hopes for the future. A DVD of the film is packaged with the book.
The 127 large-format photographs are reproduced in rich detail, and quotations from the student interviews punctuate the book. Some of the students’ statements are comical, while others are deeply touching. The result is a captivating and revealing document of American youth at the beginning of the twenty-first century.
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