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"Immediate Family", Sally Mann (1951) | PhotoAnthology

Immediate Family

Sally Mann (1951)

Family life in rural America through photographs of children questions the idea of childhood innocence in relation to cultural norms.

With contributions from: Penko Skumov (image research). Suggest an Edit

Immediate Family

Sally Mann (1951)

Family life in rural America through photographs of children questions the idea of childhood innocence in relation to cultural norms.

With contributions from: Penko Skumov (image research). Suggest an Edit

Emmett, Jessie and Virginia, 1989

The Wet Bed, 1987

Emmett’s Bloody Nose, 1985

Tobacco Spit, 1987

Jessie at 5, 1987

Dirty Jessie, 1985

Night Blooming Cereus, 1988

Blowing Bubbles, 1987

Candy Cigarette, 1989

Crabbing at Pawley's, 1989

The Ditch, 1987

Damaged Child, 1984

Emmett Modeled Nude, 1987

Holding the weasel, 1989

Books

Immediate Family

Aperture, 2015

A Thousand Crossings

Abrams, 2018

At Twelve, Portraits of Young Women

Aperture, 2022

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