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Prom Exhibit At the Johnson: Making One's Mark

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Mary Ellen Mark has traveled around the world on assignments, capturing sub-cultures of outcasts, freaks, misfits and wunderkinds with her cameras. Whether it’s pictures of Bombay prostitutes or the elderly in Miami nursing homes, photos of circus trainers with their animals or behind the scenes glimpses of celebrities in Hollywood, her documentary portraiture aims to make us feel that her exotic subjects share an emotional commonality with their audience.

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The Art in the Vault

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So Dane Cook tells me that “Any guy here, more than sex — if they had the choice between sex and this one other thing — any guy here would rather be part of a heist.” To be honest, I would too: there’s something that’s oh-so-thrilling about the vault. It’s that moment of awe when the composite-steel doors swing open and the titanium bolts unlock. You know: it’s the sexiness of precision machines. At this moment, even veteran thieves (imagine: George Clooney as Danny Ocean) stand for a second in silence in front of their prize.