Sally Mann was first came to international prominence in 1992 with Immediate Family, a series of complex and ambiguous portraits of her children. Photographing her children and her husband sparked controversy because of the way she photographed them. While watching the documentary, I noticed that Sally Mann preferred to take pictures of her children and husband while they were naked, and she preferred black and white when showing her pictures to the public.
What caught my attention and interest was the way she was photographed and the different angles of photographing her children and husband. She also documented her husband's illness, and the effect was clear in her features when she was speaking in the documentary. Where I took a series of photographs that revolved around different aspects of death and decay. Sally Mann reflects on her personal feelings about death while continuing to examine the limits of contemporary photography. She is shown at home on her family's farm in Virginia, surrounded by her husband and children.
I believe that she is a professional photographer who is bold in presenting her ideas and documenting them in a unique and controversial way. She later became one of the most prominent photographers in America and the world.
