MARK, Mary Ellen. Streetwise.

(New York, NY): Aperture, (1988). First edition. Quarto. Introduction by John Irving. Foreword by Jerry Easterly. Edited by Nancy Baker. Wonderful book published to accompany the scarce film which was directed by Martin Bell with music by Tom Waits. A collection of Mary Ellen Mark’s photographs of Seattle’s street children, that captures their lives on the streets–and the effects of that life. Meet Tina, a 13-year-old prostitute with dreams of diamonds and furs; Rat and Mike, 16-year-olds who eat from dumpsters; and Dewayne, a 16-year-old boy who hanged himself in a juvenile facility when faced with the prospect of returning to the streets. This is an almost fine copy in glossy wrappers as issued, embossed ownership stamp of Belgian photographer Gerald Dauphin.