Author: Sally Mann

Quotes

I'd park myself in the bookstore and read with one eye on everyone coming in. I remember reading a Robert Bly book of poetry.

I'd park myself in the bookstore and read with one eye on everyone coming in. I remember reading a Robert Bly book of poetry.

- Sally Mann

I have had a fascination with death, I think, that might be considered genetic for a long time. My father had the same affliction, I guess.

I have had a fascination with death, I think, that might be considered genetic for a long time. My father had the same affliction, I guess.

- Sally Mann

I just started taking pictures, and it was - it was an instant love affair. It was just ecstatic.

I just started taking pictures, and it was - it was an instant love affair. It was just ecstatic.

- Sally Mann

Maintaining the dignity of my subjects has grown to be, over the years, an imperative in my work, both in the taking of the pictures and in their presentation.

Maintaining the dignity of my subjects has grown to be, over the years, an imperative in my work, both in the taking of the pictures and in their presentation.

- Sally Mann

I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.

I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead.

- Sally Mann

I couldn't be Susan Sontag. I'm not very good with abstract thought. I always just take to the emotional core of me.

I couldn't be Susan Sontag. I'm not very good with abstract thought. I always just take to the emotional core of me.

- Sally Mann

It's usually so fraught when you're taking a picture. I work with an 8-by-10 view camera and there's a, you know, hood that I put over my head, and it's tricky and complicated.

It's usually so fraught when you're taking a picture. I work with an 8-by-10 view camera and there's a, you know, hood that I put over my head, and it's tricky and complicated.

- Sally Mann

Though I made my share of mistakes, as all parents do, I was devoted to my kids. I walked them to school every morning and walked back to pick them up at 3.

Though I made my share of mistakes, as all parents do, I was devoted to my kids. I walked them to school every morning and walked back to pick them up at 3.

- Sally Mann

It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.

It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one.

- Sally Mann

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