Since the 1970’s Sally Mann has been making a name for herself in modern photography. Going back to the traditional roots of photography Mann utilizes old cameras and traditional processes to create her ethereal, haunting images of the vitality of life and the bitterness of death.
In the early 1990’s her work started a scandal revolving around the ethics of photography. Mann, a resident of very rural Virginia, often let her three children run around in the nude. Her first two published books At Twelve and Immediate Family both featured images of her nude children. The content of the photographs caused serious criticism and was considered pornographic. Though the debate over her photographs has died down the underlying social issues are still of great importance. The photographs did not just bring up issues of pornography but also of familial relationship, previous experience, bonds and the ethics of photography.
The majority of my final will be based on research done through analysis of photographs, researching past articles and watching documentaries. Mann will also be compared to artists whose work has brought about similar debate, for example, Robert Mapplethorpe. Combining these resources together will allow a complete picture of Mann to be made.
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