Sally Mann

I have decided to research Sally Mann for this family assignment, i have researched her for many other assignments before as i really love her work.

Sally Mann is an American photographer who is probably best known for her large black and white photographs of her young children. The series is called "Immediate Family". This book contains 65 black and white images of her three children all under the age of ten. Many photographs were taken at the familys remote summer cabin by the river where the kids would play and swim in the river and have a great time.
The set of photographs explores typical childhood "Family" themes and moments, for example.. dressing up, having a nap, playing different games, reading and general funny moments that take place when you are a child. Also through these images though darker issues are also explores such as.. insecurity, lonliness, injuries, sexuality and even death is explored to some degree.
The controversy of these images was very intense because some people did not agree with certain message that the photographs were displaying through the young children. However, i think that she simply recorded spontaneous and carefree moments within childhood.

I really love Sally Mann's work i research her a lot of times for assignments and i never get bored of looking at and talking about her work, theres something about the photographs that are really moving and capture the essence of the place and time so well, i think they will stand the test of time and people will still be talking about them in years to come because they are simply beautiful images.