Sally Mann (photography)

[SafeWord]

I think Clark was much better movie maker than photographer. I think reprint of Tulsa is found quite cheap as A4 size paperback book. If one likes his movies, it's not a bad purchase, but I wouldn't put it very high on "must have" list.

definetely agree that he is a better filmmaker and I think he potrays his message across more succesfully in that format.

[andy vomit]

necrobump


this evening, i had the pleasure of attending (and working at) a lecture that sally mann gave..  apparently she's writing a book, mostly autobiographical, but she explains in great detail where her inspirations come from ... she read the first two chapters and showed appropriate images to accompany the reading.  very, very good stuff.  and she's a really nice woman.

she also discussed some series of works that have never been shown or published, as well as pieces she has coming up.  keep an eye out, it all sounds quite good.

[tiny_tove]

I thought I had already mentioned her documentary: WHAT REMAINS:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNEd93H4pPY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNkpTMBVepI&feature=relmfu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNg-FrdcDj0&feature=related

[ghoulson]

her exhibition at Fotografiska in Stockholm this summer was one of the best I've visited. never seen such striking portrayal of death and beauty. they had a book available in their store but I couldn't afford picking it up... the entrance fee was 130 SEK, but well worth it.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

DVD is good purchase. I saw some clips of that in her exhibition in Helsinki, and there was no time to spend full film worth in gallery. DVD is available easily and it includes bonus feature of the older film, from times of "Immediate Family" and scandal of bad media hysteria and such. If one watches that document, it's easy to see what inspired N12 "Black Line" theme.

[FreakAnimalFinland]

New book came out. Biography with photos. I would hope for more photos, but this book is very good for getting peak around photos.. or hmm.. not sure how to say it. Lets say, to see examples of less exciting frames from same situation, where artist gives keeps taking new picture before things are right. Very small differences of gesture, facial expression, or such detail what dramatically changes atmosphere of photo.
Several iconic Mann photos are being exposed through this method. I have yet to find time to read bigraphy, and not entirely sure will I even need to read book cover-to-cover, but some chapters appear more interesting than the others.