‘I never hold back’: Sally Mann on her controversial family photos and becoming a writer

The celebrated US photographer was catapulted into America’s culture wars with her photobook Immediate Family. Now she’s written a book of ‘how not-to’ advice for artistsSally Mann is chatty and open about nearly any subject imaginable. The photographer easily gets carried off in conversation, finding it hard to resist sharing stories about anything from her friend’s mother who had a lobotomy, to the time the poet Forrest Gander happened to drop by unannounced (the moment turned into a lifelong friendship).A large-format camera at Sally Mann’s Lexington studio; tools and objects on a workbench; mask of a face Continue reading...

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