Author: Sally Mann

Quotes

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 have a vivid, apocalyptic imagination.

I have a vivid, apocalyptic imagination.

- Sally Mann

Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.

Don't get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that's done, I'm fine.

- Sally Mann

When you look at your life as an artist, you do see that when you get to be 60, you're coming - this is the last chapter.

When you look at your life as an artist, you do see that when you get to be 60, you're coming - this is the last chapter.

- 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 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 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

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

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

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