网页Mary Ellen Mark's passport photo, 1963. (photo by Lou Barlow) Mark was born and raised in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania. [3] [4] and began photographing with a Box Brownie camera [5] at age nine.She attended Cheltenham High School, [4] where she was head cheerleader and exhibited a knack for painting and drawing. [3] She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting and art history from the ...