Sally Mann interview

With her own unique style in photography, Sally Mann shows us why she does what she does with her strong views and opinions, she is fearless in the publics reactions and defends certain pieces of her work related to her children by saying

" I am just a mother taking pictures of my children doing things children do"

In my opinion, similarly to Jock Sturges and Nan Goldin, Sally Mann has been critised over her use of naked children. I think her images are photographed in a way that prevents them entirley from being seen as pornographic as she portrays the children in an innocent and playful way. At the beginning of her book, Immediate Family, Sally writes, "We are spinning a story of what it is to grow up. It is a complicated story and sometimes we try to take on the grand themes: anger, love, death , sensuality, and beauty"
I think she sums up the meaning and truth behind her photographs perfectly in this quote.