Sally Mann is an American photographer born in 1951. She is known for her unconventional style that often features her family. Some of her most famous works include portraits of her children and the controversial 1992 collection "Immediate Family" which featured nude portraits of her son. Over her career Mann has received many awards and honors for her photography including being named one of America's best photographers by Time magazine in 2001.

1. Sally Mann Adrianna Taylor Photo 2 1 st period

2. Mann: Facts Born May 1, 1951 (age 59) Nationality: American Lexington Virgina Style: Photograpy Conventional wet plate process or collodion Preferred Medium: Gelatin Silver Print Education: Putney School(1969) and Hollins College(BA and MFA) Married to Larry Mann. They have three children: Emmett, Virginia, and Jessie.

3. Mann: Bio After college Mann worked as a staff photographer at Washington and Lee University. In 1977 Mann had her first exhibition at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington D.C. Mann’s third collection, Immediate Family , was published in 1992 (most notorious and controversial). Collection of eight books: Second Sight: The Photographs of Sally Mann (1983). At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women (1988). Immediate Family (1992). Still Time (2003). What Remains (2003). Deep South (2005). Sally Mann: Proud Flesh (2009). Sally Mann: The Flesh And The Spirit (2010).

4. Mann: Bio con’t Mann over her career has received many awards and honors: In 2001 Time magazine named Mann, “America’s Best Photographer. National Endowment for the Arts Individual Artist Fellowship: 1982, 1988, & 1992. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in1987. Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts from the Corcoran College of Art and Design in 2006.

6. “ Untitled” From the "At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women " Series Page 44

8. “ Untitled” From the "At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women " Series Page 32

10. “ Emmett, Jessie, and Virginia” 1989 From the “Immediate Family" series Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches

12. "The Last Time Emmett Modeled Nude" 1987 From the “Immediate Family" series Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches

14. "Fallen Child" 1989 From the “Immediate Family" series Gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches

16. "Untitled (#18)" 1996 From the "Mother Land" series Tea-toned gelatin silver print, 38 x 48 inches

18. "Untitled (#1)” 1998 From the "Deep South" series Tea-toned gelatin silver print 38 x 48 inches

20. “ Eva” (#16 Pile of Bones) 2000 From the “What Remains” series

22. “ Untitled” 2001 From the “ What Remains ” series Page 59

24. “ Self Portrait #2” 2005 Sally Mann From the “Sally Mann: The Flesh and the Spirit” series

26. “ Self Portrait #5” 2005 Sally Mann From the “Sally Mann: The Flesh and the Spirit” series

27. Inspiration "...If it doesn’t have ambiguity, don’t bother to take it. I love that, that aspect of photography—the mendacity of photography—it’s got to have some kind of peculiarity in it or it’s not interesting to me." -Sally Mann Sally Mann is definitely not what is considered your traditional photographer however because of her unnerving contemporary style she has capture the attention of millions around the world. I feel Mann was most inspired by unfathomable depths of ambiguous emotions and feelings found within the human spirit. Which she felt needed to be explored, experimented, and expressed in her photos. Mann in an interview stated that she had a “magpie aesthetic- I just go and I pick up whatever is around.” This shows that indirectly Mann’s inspirations came from a combination of her environment and her interest leading the mystical, unnerving and innocent style of Mann.

28. Art Criticism

29. Description Black and White Landscape Foreground subject: tree Background Fence and more trees

30. Analysis In this particular photo Mann uses a strong foreground and contributing background with a single tree as the subject and main focus in the foreground. To emphasize the contributing background Mann blurs the background only leaving the single tree in clear focus. The lighting also contribute to highlight the silhouette of the tree.

31. Interpretation This piece has a strong sense of death and decay or at the very least a sense of underlying gloom. Mann wanted to focus on the land and the history that comes with it. Evidence of this is shown as the tree is damaged and placed in front of a fence.

32. Judgment I feel this photo is successful in how it manipulates the elements and principles of art creating a define mood and atmosphere which is difficult to add to a landscape. Lighting and technique are the best factor.

33. Question Who did Sally marry? Lemont Mann Larry Mann Jacob Mann Bill Mann

34. b. Larry Mann

35. Question What collection became Mann’s most notorious? a. Immediate Family (1992). b. Second Sight: The Photographs of Sally Mann (1983). c. Deep South (2005). d. At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women (1988).

36. a. Immediate Family (1992).

37. Question How many books has Mann published? 11 9 6 8

38. 8