Mary Ellen Mark, the celebrated photographer best known for her in-depth documentary projects and her portraiture, has died. She was 75.
A humanist photographer, Mark’s work had been widely published in LIFE, the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Vanity Fair. During her career, the photographer, who was born in Elkins Park, Penn., near Philadelphia, produced 18 books and was working on her 19th for Aperture. That final project was focused on Tiny, a young prostitute from Seattle whom she had photographed in Streetwise, her much admired opus published in 1988. Read More...
August 29, 2022 5:58 AM EDT
A 1952 trading card of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame player Mickey Mantle was sold for $12.6 million, according to the auction house that sold the item, setting a new record for sports collectibles.
The price topped the $9.3 million paid earlier this year for the jersey worn by Argentinian football player Diego Maradona when he scored the so-called “Hand of God” goal in the 1986 World Cup. Read More...
A former Miss USA contestant said Donald Trump, who previously owned the pageant, walked into the dressing room while contestants were changing during a 2001 dress rehearsal, according to a CBS report.
“He just came strolling right in. There was no second to put a robe on or any sort of clothing or anything. Some girls were topless. Other girls were naked,” Tasha Dixon, former Miss Arizona, told CBS Los Angeles on Tuesday. Read More...
