A Cry for Help. Stories of Homelessness and Hope. Photographs by Mary Ellen Mark. Texts by Andrew Cuomo, Robert Coles, and Mark's subjects. Simon & Schuster, New York, 1996. 103 pp., 50 duotone illustrations, 9½x9½".
Mary Ellen Mark's latest title combines her trademark empathetic photojournalism with text by her homeless subjects. The images are tough, probing inquiries presenting a 1990s view of "how the other half lives." The texts explore the life of homelessness and help explain these people's plight complementing the depth of Mark's vision.
The books is inscribed in 1997 by Mary Ellen Mark.
