Mądra i krzepiąca rozmowa ze wspaniałą Sally Mann - jeden z najważniejszych momentów w moim dziennikarskim życiu. Digital Camera Polska 7/2012.
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An elevating and wise conversation with great Sally Mann - one of the most important moments in my life as a journalist. Digital Camera Polska 7/2012.
Known for her celebratory photographs of her young children playing dress-up, skinny-dipping, and vamping, Sally Mann is one of America’s most controversial photographers. The Virginia-based artist was accused of child pornography in the 1990s by the religious right, but critics praised the pictures for capturing innocence. Over the past 25 years, Mann has built an impressive body of work documenting her family and the landscape of the south with experimental glass plate photography.
“The meandering path to the cabin where Sally Mann once photographed her young children is through a forest of towering oak, maple and hickory. It’s on the Maury River, a mile and a half from the house and studio she designed for herself, and as she walks loudly through a thick layer of leaves and branches, she mentions something about bears…”
“Four years ago, photographer Sally Mann got on her horse and rode out into the mountains surrounding her Virginia home. In the middle of the ride, Sally’s horse had an aneurism. Flailing and thrashing, the horse fell to the ground, knocking Sally out on its way down. Then, the horse stood back up, raised its hoof, and stomped on Sally’s back just before falling once more in a final death throe…”
This tumblr is dedicated to the photographer Sally Mann. Time Magazine named her America's Best Photographer in 2001, writing:
"Mann recorded a combination of spontaneous and carefully arranged moments of childhood repose and revealingly—sometimes unnervingly—imaginative play. What the outraged critics of her child nudes failed to grant was the patent devotion involved throughout the project and the delighted complicity of her son and daughters in so many of the solemn or playful events. No other collection of family photographs is remotely like it, in both its naked candor and the fervor of its maternal curiosity and care."