Sally Mann

Background Information Born in 1951 in Lexington, Virginia, where she currently works and lives Received her BA from Hollins College in 1974 and a MA in writing in 1975 from the same school After graduating college she became a staff photographer for Washington and Lee University Had her first one woman show in 1977 Published her first collection of photographs, Second Sight: The Photographs of Sally Mann, in 1983

Accomplishments Won numerous awards, including three National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships and a Guggenheim fellowship Her photographs are in permanent collections at The Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum Currently has a total of six published collections of photographs

Artist’s Influences Irving Penn Mark and France Osterman, who taught Mann a photography process called collodion Ansel Adams and George Tice, Mann attended their photography workshops The South Influenced by her surroundings Bridalveil Fall, by Ansel Adams http://www.afterimagegallery.com/adamsportf3bridalveilfall.htm

“Immediate Family” Series Photographed her family, including her three children and her husband Mann wanted to photograph her children doing what children do These photographs capture the innocence of childhood http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mann/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Mann Blowing Bubbles, 1987 http://s15.photobucket.com/albums/a393/lostmesa/?action=view&current=girls.png

Jessie in the Wind, 1989 http://mocoloco.com/art/mann_jessie_wind_jan_07.jpg

“I wanted those family pictures to look effortless “I wanted those family pictures to look effortless. I wanted them to look like snap shots. And some of them did.” -Sally Mann http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=545&artindex=138

Tobacco Spit, 1987 http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2951/tobaccospitbo9.jpg

“Deep South” Series Series contains images from Louisiana and Mississippi Mann wanted to capture the landscape of places where such history as slavery, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights Movement all took place Her images capture the haunting memories of these landscapes “These pictures are about the rivers of blood, of tears, of sweat that Africans poured into the dark soil of their thankless home.” Untitled (#34), 1998 http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=551&artindex=138

Untitled, from the series “Deep South” http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mann/index.html

Untitled, from the series “Deep South” http://www.artnet.com/Galleries/Artwork_Detail.asp?G=&gid=480&which=&ViewArtistBy=&aid=11072&wid=68173&source=artist&rta=http://www.artnet.com

Untitled (#30), from the series “Deep South” http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=552&artindex=138

“Mother Land” Series Images from Virginia and Georgia Used large format 8x10 camera with undersized and damaged lenses Wanted to create romantic images that displayed her love for the area Mann used soft focus and washed out contrast to create images that are hazy and leaves the viewer to figure out the scenario http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o62-YMQHeoI http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mann/card2.html Untitled (Virginia #6, Nuclear Tree), 1996 http://www.gagosian.com/exhibitions/beverly-hills-1997-09-sally-mann#

Untitled (#18), from the series “Motherland”. http://www. pbs

Untitled (#15), from the “Mother Land” series http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=549&artindex=138

BIG IDEA? PLACE! Memory! Identity!

Questions to Think About What is a place? What makes a place important? What makes a place identifiable?

What makes a place special to you? How do you use place in your artwork? Do you think place and memory coincide together?

Bibliography “Artist Biography.” Gagosian Gallery. 22 Feb. 2009 <http://www.gagosian.com/artists/sally-mann/> “Biography.” Art 21:PBS. 22 Feb 2009. <http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mann/>. “Deep South.” Essay. Art 21:PBS. 21 Feb. 2009 <http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mann/card1.html> Mann, Sally. Interview. “Collodion Process.” Art 21:PBS. 25 Feb 2009 <http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mann/clip2.html>. “Mother Land.” Essay. Art 21:PBS. 21 Feb. 2009. <http://www.pbs.org/art21/artists/mann/card2.html>. “Sally Mann: Immediate Family.” Edwynn Houk Gallery. 21 Feb. 2009 <http://houkgallery.com/index- mann.html> “Sally Mann.” Wikipedia. 25 Feb. 2009 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Mann> “What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann.” BuzzFlash Reviews. 22 Feb. 2009 http://www.buzzflash.com/store/reviews/1053