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DAY 303 | FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS |
Sally Mann (1951–)
SUBLIME IMPERFECTION
Sally Mann’s large, black and white photographs portray a variety of subjects, from her young children, to death and decay and Southern landscapes. Although she is a modern-day photographer, Mann chooses to work with the archaic wet-collodion process, which was introduced in the 1850s and requires a long exposure time (see page 259). The finished photographs contain a dreamy, eerie sensibility, often dusted with serendipitous streaks and imperfections.
A self-taught photographer, Mann’s best-known work, titled Immediate Family, chronicled her young children swimming ...
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