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Role Models: Feminine Identity In Contemporary American Photography HULIQ (press release), NC - Nov 20, 2008 Similarly, in her expansive body of work depicting children, Sally Mann (b. 1951) recorded the wildly varied identities that her models expressed for her. ...

“Unmasked & Anonymous: Shimon and Lindemann Consider Portraiture.” Time Out Chicago, IL - Nov 27, 2008 ... 43 of their photographs with 54 portraits from the MAM's collection, which were taken by luminaries such as Diane Arbus, Walker Evans and Sally Mann. ...

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Immediate Family

I think the world owes Sally Mann and her family some kind of karmic debt for the beauty and grace that they share with us in this book. I know many of the shots were painstakingly staged and that her printing skills (and lenses) intentionally warp certain scenes, but this collection still allows you to escape into the feeling that you are witnessing an endless carefree summer in one of the most idyllic settings a child could imagine. The shots of her cabin and the river scenes alone could probably result in millions of unfilled prozac prescriptions -- it's that calming.

At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women

I just check this book out of the library and was immediately drawn to and moved by it. I think Mann does an excellent job of capturing the essence of her subjects--in part, I believe--because she is making images in her own community: she knows, loves, and lives among these people.

The images are well composed, but often subtle: it may be hard to catch the placement of a branch or pool of light, or the use of selective focus that offsets or compliments the subjects.

I also enjoy that she writes about what went into taking some of these images: about placing a young woman while her whole extended family watched; or that for some subjects, so hung out with them, going for drives, sometimes not even thinking about photographing.

Still Time

a rehash of photos from other sources. interesting, but the buyer should have been made aware so as not to duplicate previous orders.

So the Story Goes: Photographs by Tina Barney, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Nan Goldin, Sally Mann, and Larry Sultan (Art Institute of Chicago)

by: Katherine A. Bussard
This exhibit was excellent and this book is a wonderful summary of the show. A great collection of some of the world's best contemporary photographers for a great price!!!

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