SALLY MANN: IMMEDIATE FAMILY

SALLY MANN: IMMEDIATE FAMILY "Mann's subjects are her smallchildren (a boy, a girl, and a new baby), often shot when they're sick orhurt or just naked. Nosebleeds, cuts, hives, chicken pox, swollen eyes,vomiting-the usual trials of childhood-can be alarmingly beautiful,thrillingly sensual moments in Mann's portrait album. Her ambivalenceabout motherhood-her delight and despair-pushes Mann to delve deeper intothe steaming mess of family life than most of us are willing to go. Whatshe comes up with is astonishing." -Vince Aletti, The Village Voice "Immediate Family, which was published in 1990, must be counted as oneof the great photograph books of our time. It is a singularly powerfulevocation of childhood from within and without..." -Luc Sante, The NewRepublic