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American photographer Mary Ellen Mark’s (b. 1940) extraordinary portrait of Falkland Road was first published in 1981 and has long been recognized as one of the major bodies of work in the canon of this important Magnum photographer. The book contains 65 photographs taken over six weeks that depict the daily lives of the women (and men) on the street. Mary Ellen Mark’s images are beautiful, electric, shocking, and remarkable for their emotional power and the visceral brilliance of their color.
With the photographer’s captions and introductory text, *Falkland Road* is a remarkable work that offers insight into a raw and frightening world, made accessible through the photographer’s total commitment, her humanity, and the way she captures the diversity of individual lives and the color, passion, and tenderness that still remain there. Falkland Road is a notorious street of prostitutes in Mumbai. Like any lower-class street in Mumbai, it is densely populated with vendors, merchants, and shops, but also teeming with women, ranging in age from 11 to 65. The street is lined with old wooden buildings, teeming with prostitutes hanging out of windows, in ground-floor viewing booths, and on the steps. From sunrise to sunset, clients walk up and down the street to size up the girls.
Published by Steidl in 2005
32.5 x 28.5 cm, 123 pages, in good condition
ISBN 9782850184246
American photographer Mary Ellen Mark’s (b. 1940) extraordinary portrait of Falkland Road was first published in 1981 and has long been recognized as one of the major bodies of work in the canon of this important Magnum photographer. The book contains 65 photographs taken over six weeks that depict the daily lives of the women (and men) on the street. Mary Ellen Mark’s images are beautiful, electric, shocking, and remarkable for their emotional power and the visceral brilliance of their color.
With the photographer’s captions and introductory text, *Falkland Road* is a remarkable work that offers insight into a raw and frightening world, made accessible through the photographer’s total commitment, her humanity, and the way she captures the diversity of individual lives and the color, passion, and tenderness that still remain there. Falkland Road is a notorious street of prostitutes in Mumbai. Like any lower-class street in Mumbai, it is densely populated with vendors, merchants, and shops, but also teeming with women, ranging in age from 11 to 65. The street is lined with old wooden buildings, teeming with prostitutes hanging out of windows, in ground-floor viewing booths, and on the steps. From sunrise to sunset, clients walk up and down the street to size up the girls.
Published by Steidl in 2005
32.5 x 28.5 cm, 123 pages, in good condition
ISBN 9782850184246
