Sally Mann’s first solo exhibition was held in 1977. Mann is most famous for her black and white photography. Her earlier works used her children as the subject. ‘Immediate Family’, her third collection is amongst her most talked about work. While it touched on typical childhood issues, there were deeper and more controversial meanings within her work, including topics around nudity, sexuality and loneliness.
« I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer.
I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable. »
Sally Mann
Later, Sally Mann began to photograph landscapes. The message she tried to convey through these scenes was of death and decay. In addition to exhibiting her work, Sally Mann ha
Read More Sally Mann’s first solo exhibition was held in 1977. Mann is most famous for her black and white photography. Her earlier works used her children as the subject. ‘Immediate Family’, her third collection is amongst her most talked about work. While it touched on typical childhood issues, there were deeper and more controversial meanings within her work, including topics around nudity, sexuality and loneliness.
« I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer.
I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable. »
Sally Mann
Later, Sally Mann began to photograph landscapes. The message she tried to convey through these scenes was of death and decay. In addition to exhibiting her work, Sally Mann has published two books with collections of her work. The first, ‘Second Sights’, was published in 1984. This was followed by ‘At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women’ in 1988. (
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