Sally Mann Video Response

In class, we watch a documentary video about photographer Sally Mann, before watching the video, I had seen and learnt a little about her photographs and style, and I loved her approach and vision, but I didn’t know much about her. In the documentary, she talks about the backlash she gotten from the photos she took of her kids, and how people saw it as “child porn”, but hearing her defend it and seeing her idea and where she was coming from, I understood it a lot more. I also found it intriguing that she used a 8×10 view camera to photograph her subjects, to me it seemed like a lot of work and expensive? But the images were so worth the time and effort once she develop it. It kind of made me really want to get one, because I love how crisp the photographs were! Sally Mann, is a really amazing photographer and although her subjects may be odd (like the death series), I still find her work inspiring in a way.