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Erwitts photography is similar in certain aspects to that of Sally Mann, he incorporates children and also uses metaphors that link the them to their social identites. Dance school(1977), shows 3 pairs of children, a boy and girl per pair, … Continue reading →

. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Mann-Accessed november 10th . http://www.artnet.com/artist/11072/sally-mann.html-Accessed november 12th . http://www.kochgallery.com/artists/contemporary/Mann/index.html-Accessed november 22nd . http://www.gagosian.com/artists/sally-mann/-Accessed 29th november . http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/gaze/gaze06.html-Accessed 27th november . http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/PageServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1476-Accessed 29th november . http://www.rleggat.com/photohistory/-Accessed 30th november . http://www.lexingtonvirginia.com/lodging.htm-Accessed 22nd november http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx’s_theory_of_alienation- accesed 17th june Books Immediate Family. Aperture, New York, 1992 Deep South. Bullfinch Press, New … Continue reading →

photographer sally mann a creative but controversial photographer from lexington,virginia best known for her large black-and-white photographs, first of her young children, then of landscapes suggesting decay and death Her works are included in the permanent collections of the metropolitan museum of … Continue reading →

All photography was originally monochrome, or black-and-white. Even after color film was readily available, black-and-white photography continued to dominate for decades, due to its lower cost and its “classic” photographic look. Black-and-white remains a niche market for photographers who use … Continue reading →

The invasion of Panama(southern most country of central America were residents speak Spanish and are controlled by a constitutional democracy) occured 30th December 1989 to 12th January 1990, whereby over 27,000 U.S. troops invaded the small Central American country of … Continue reading →

There are different forms of identity, from cultural to social, self to racial. Society see indentification as a construction of common origin or shared characteristics with another person or group. Who may have the same history or ancestry hold in … Continue reading →

The short yet elegant video above I have found on YouTube, an extract from the documentary ‘What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann‘ explains why Mann takes the pictures that she does. In short she hopes that up … Continue reading →

Sally Mann’s work is very controversial, not just her series Immediate Family but also her other works like What Remains and Deep South. Many people question the ethics of taking pictures of naked children and calling it Art. ‘The word … Continue reading →

The picture, ‘Emmett, Jessie, and Virginia’ was taken by Sally Mann in 1989. I wanted to find out if there was anything that happened within that year that could have inspired the photographer to take the image. 1989 was indeed … Continue reading →

when i talk about alienation i mean in relation to marx theory that the separation of things that naturally belong together, or to put antagonism between things that are properly in harmony. I am mainly referring to the social alienation which … Continue reading →