Recently I viewed works by Sally Mann. She began photography in the late 70's after being inspired by her father's 5x7 camera. She would take pictures of classmates and her school construction. After college she would write several books that would follow her photographs. Her theme in the 80's and early 90's were the female figure. She would take pictures of models and her children. Later in her career she would start focusing on landscaping. Continuing with her surrealistic theme as in her female photographs, she depict the landscapes with the theme of death and decay. She has collections in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art,Museum of Fine Arts, in Boston, and in many other museums. She was also named "America's Best Photographer" of 2001 by Time Magazine. Worth checking out!
Kraig
ReplyDeleteWhere did you view this work? This is a book report, which is all good and well, but the assignment for the blog is to give us your critique of her work rather than just background info anyone can find online or in a monograph...follow this up with some evaluations of the images you included above...why these images?
Libby