Falkland Road: Prostitutes of Bombay by Mary Ellen Mark [PDF Scan]

It's too bad that many of the captions are missing. The one that are readable are brief and to the point. This is a good example of power of photography to capture something so profoundly tragic and sad, but something I am glad I never saw firsthand. When I recall that this was published over 40 years ago, I begin to imagine where the subjects wound up. Thanks for the share.

 

Yikes. I just checked this out. As dzinetokyo pointed out (and many reviews), it's incredibly sad. I can't believe that some of these images were allowed to be published.

And on a side note, it's some of the most unskilled, garbage photography I've ever seen. Instantly deleted that junk off my hard drive lol

 

Mark was a skilled photographer in documenting the outcasts and darker recesses of the (her) time - oftentimes hard to look upon. But she put herself out there to experience her chosen topic - - - that's incredibly tough - and also gaining one's trust too . . . (maybe she paid her subjects? I don't know - - - I think that goes against the grain of what she brought to the table). Ironically, theses topics prevail today - but the sting is attenuated from glitz, glam, and intemperance toward our fellow man for [what - ?] exactly . . . escapes me . . .

Of note - this is a shit scan of (for the time) was considered very sub-standard reproduction of color film. I believe a newer version was re-printed in 2022-23.

And I agree: It's very sad . . .

 

For sure, putting oneself out there and gaining trust is difficult. I'll never understand how some of these street photographers do it. It's definitely a whole separate category of talent. Sadly, one that doesn't always translate to quality photography.

And perhaps you're right - the quality (or lack thereof) of the scan may be biasing my view, but so many of those images are composed poorly, exposed poorly, etc. that I have a hard time blaming it all on the scan.

 

Found a smaller - and somewhat better - scan of this title; includes the captions for each photo. OP updated with new download link on Mega.

 

that was so hard to look at...so so sad.

 

Always appreciate the effort of finding and posting things in the highest quality possible! Threw you an extra like for the effort (not that you really have to care about likes at this point )