by Sally Mann
First published 2008
This collection brings together over twenty years of Sally Mann's photographic work, drawing from a traveling exhibition that showcased her artistic evolution. The book features sixty images that span Mann's career, from the family photographs that established her reputation to her earlier landscape work and later experiments with color and abstract forms. The collection includes platinum prints, Cibachromes, and Polaroids, capturing portraits of women and twelve-year-olds alongside her well-known family pictures. Mann's sharp eye and creative vision move beyond her celebrated child photography to reveal unexpected directions in her artistic practice. The book expands on an earlier catalog, offering a comprehensive view of an artist whose work bridges intimate family moments with broader explorations of place and form.
Genres: art, biography-memoir, photography
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family
Period: 20th-Century, 21st-Century
80 pages · Paperback · Aperture