We recently watched a video of Sally Mann in class, and some of the works featured in the video were part of her bone collection. She is infatuated with death and decomposition, the way life recycles itself. Death is comforting to her. She is attracted to ambiguity and tries to capture this in her photography. She firmly believes that you shouldn't take a photograph without having ambiguity, otherwise the photograph is meaningless. Sally Mann is known for taking pictures of her family and children--especially the nude portraits of her children that have often been said to be suggestive in nature. She also believes in a very large format camera.
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