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Sally Mann is an American photographer known for her large format black and white photographs of people and places in her immediate surroundings. She has captured images of her children, husband, rural landscapes, and self-portraits [1].
Early Life and Education:
- Sally Mann was born on May 1, 1951, in Lexington, Virginia [1].
- Her father, Robert S. Munger, introduced her to photography and her interest in the medium grew from there [1].
- Mann began photographing at the age of sixteen and most of her work is tied to Lexington, Virginia [1].
- She graduated from The Putney School in 1969 and went on to attend Bennington College and Friends World College [1].
- Mann earned a BA from Hollins College (now Hollins University) in 1974 and an MA in creative writing in 1975 [1].
- She never had any formal training in photography and does not read about the subject [1].
Early Career:
- After graduating from Hollins College, Mann worked as a photographer at Washington and Lee University [1].
- In the mid-1970s, she photographed the construction of the Lewis Hall, the new law school building at Washington and Lee University [1].
- These photographs became the basis of her first solo exhibition in 1977 at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC [1].
- Mann's second collection, "At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women," published in 1988, garnered attention and sparked minor controversy [1].
Immediate Family and Controversy:
- Mann became widely known for her third collection, "Immediate Family," which was exhibited in 1990 and published as a monograph in 1992 [1].
- The collection featured photographs of her children and attracted controversy due to its depiction of nudity and childhood [1].
- Critics praised Mann's ability to capture the complexities of childhood and family dynamics [1].
- Mann defended her work, stating that the photographs were a natural portrayal of her children's lives and not intended to be erotic or exploitative [1].
Later Career:
- Mann's fourth book, "Still Time," was published in 1994 and included over 20 years of her photography [1].
- In the mid-1990s, she began photographing landscapes using wet plate collodion 8x10 inch glass negatives [1].
- Mann's work with landscapes was featured in exhibitions and showcased the ethereal and imperfect qualities of the wet plate process [1].
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