Photographer Mary Ellen Mark turned her lens on mental illness and changed our perceptions.
![mary ellen mark [Carol T. in the Mirror, Ward 81, Oregon State Hospital, Salem, Oregon, USA]1976.](https://drouki.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Photographer-Mary-Ellen-Mark-turned-her-lens-on-mental-illness.jpg)
In 1975, Mary Ellen Mark accepted a one-week photography assignment that would change her life. Mark was already known as a photographer for his portraits of rock stars and actors, and was scheduled to do similar work on the Oregon set of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. And she did just that, capturing star … Read more