Theme : Family; SALLY MANN

Sally Mann

Sally Man is an American photographer. Man was born in Virginia and was the only daughter out her parent’s children. Mann went to “The Putney School” and graduated which she then took up Photography. After Mann graduated he then worked at Washington and Lee University as a Photographer.

In 1992 Man published her third collection of her book, which was called “The immediate Family”. Mann has three children and her book was a mainly photos of the children. It contains 65 black and white photographs of the children, which were all under the age of 10. The types of photos that Mann will take of her children were photos such as then playing in nude, dressing up, playing board games and many other photos.

Man photos have been in many different Exhibits such as, In Sweden, two in New York City, Washington DC and many other Exhibits.

Manns photos have different camera angles such as, Establishing view which the audience can see majority of the setting, a close up; where her child is naked and a medium shot. The photo where her child is naked is a bit different from the rest of the photos because this creates a lonely scene to the audience especially because there are no objects showing in the picture where as, in the first photo with the two children standing on chairs there are many objects placed in the photo.

Mann has used a variety of tone in her photo for example, with the naked girl bending down the photo looks like she used photoshop to used HUE/Saturation on the photo to give it a more of a contrasty look. 

The reason why i have selected this photo as my starting point is because the photo is about family and family are very important aspects in many peoples lives, especially because its about children and today children are the most important in society which makes people want to look at this photo. Also because the picture shows a variety of meanings such as, the top right picture in the corner may present poverty which then refreshes peoples memory about whats going on in the world today. The bottom right may represent a sick child but also, has two different meanings to the picture because the little girl has a Tutu on which may show she might be tired from ballet. The top left picture makes me think Whats going on in the world? 

Im planning on looking at a various range of things such as, children, youths, middle adulthood and elderly people. The reason for this is because you see these ages in everyday life. My primary research would be how the different ages are portrayed in the media and i would compare them. The picture that i have chosen above can also be compared to the media and how poverty is presented.

Other Artists that i would be looking at are 

• Ron Galella: the godfather of paparazzi
• Daido Moriyama - City of life 
• Keith piper - quest to find truth 
• Sophia Stancer 

The different type of materials that i would like to experiment with are taking pictures; digital

SLR camera, photoshop and the darkroom.

I am planning on making a sandwich experiment which is with two different photos.