Now I was reluctant to show Sally Mann photos because she's an easy artist to cite. But these images bring up some interesting sides of her family. What are your expectations as a mother and your responsibility to your children?
How can the perception of the same person in your family change based on the way you represent them? Whether it's in a photo or the specific stories you choose to tell about that person.
How are you perceiving your family vs. how other people are perceiving your family?
my all time favorite photo of hers:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.prettyfakes.com/archives/images/sallymanngorjus2.jpg
She's easy to cite, but she's also a good person to consider when you're thinking about family; the questions you raise are important ones that her work does a great job of prompting...
ReplyDeleteI'm always interested in the way that work provokes and the way we can ask ourselves questions about why we're provoked, or even why provocation comes into the picture...