CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 10/7/2015

Mary Ellen Mark: Tiny, Streetwise Revisited

"I cut myself when I was in my twenties. I got really mad at this guy I was going out with, a drug relationship, whatever. I did mine more as self-pity, wanting him to feel sorry for me, feeling sorry for myself. Yeah, cutting myself… that's what I did. And yeah, it would take the pain away because you're not thinking about that no more, you're thinking you just sliced your arm, and now that hurts. And so mine was for somebody to feel sorry for me." Stoned Tiny Sitting on the Bed (1989) is reproduced from Mary Ellen Mark: Tiny, Streetwise Revisited, releasing this week from Aperture.