If you did not have a chance to read the Magazine yesterday you might want to read the very interesting story about and by Sally Mann, the photographer. It is specifically about the images she took of her young children growing up over a period of years that were published in 1992 in a book called Immediate Family.
I remember so clearly when the book came out and the cover story in the NY Times Sunday Magazine and the first NY show which Frank Ockenfels and I went to at the then Houk Friedman Gallery where we very smartly ( dumb luck ) both bought 8×10 contact prints and wished we could have afforded the big prints which of course now sell for tens of thousands of dollars.
These images sparked a lot of controversy and for the first time Sally writes about how it all effected her family and her life. I never understood people’s negative reactions to the images but there were threats and legal proceedings and a profound effect on her and her work and her children, which she shares in the article. This is such a great story and thee is very interesting video clips now of Sally in her life. This article is adapted from “Hold Still: A Memoir With Photographs,” to be published in May by Little, Brown and Company.
Read the story here
04/21/2015 | Posted by Eye Forward
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