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The Daily Book of Photography
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The Daily Book of Photography

by Simon Alexander, Grier Cooper, Bill Diller, David Greenberg, Tom Hauck, Melissa LaRose, Matthew Roharik, David Schmidt, Christine Walsh-Newton
September 2010
Beginner
376 pages
12h 2m
English
Walter Foster
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Image DAY 303 FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHERS

Sally Mann (1951–)

SUBLIME IMPERFECTION

Sally Mann’s large, black and white photographs portray a variety of subjects, from her young children, to death and decay and Southern landscapes. Although she is a modern-day photographer, Mann chooses to work with the archaic wet-collodion process, which was introduced in the 1850s and requires a long exposure time (see page 259). The finished photographs contain a dreamy, eerie sensibility, often dusted with serendipitous streaks and imperfections.

A self-taught photographer, Mann’s best-known work, titled Immediate Family, chronicled her young children swimming ...

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ISBN: 9781610586078