Sally Mann on NPR "ATC" Thursday

[chuck461]

http://www.npr.org/2011/02/17/133595585/from-lens-to-photo-sally-mann-captures-her-love

I'm sure someone else will find this story interesting. From NPRs "All Things Considered" on Thursday.

[John NYC]

Thanks for posting.

I have the utmost respect for this photographer. She is someone I think about often when I make photographs, even though nothing hints at or comes close to her accomplishments in my own attempts.

[Bill_1856]

I wonder if she made her early images of the kids with wet plates, or ordinary pre-packaged film at that time?
I love some of her images, while others make me want to throw up.

[lenicolas]

I wonder if she made her early images of the kids with wet plates, or ordinary pre-packaged film at that time?
I love some of her images, while others make me want to throw up.

she shot those with a 'blad.

[darr]

Thanks for the post!
I may not always understand Sally's artistic point of view, but I do appreciate her place in photography.

[civich]

Wow! Now I'm beginning to see the light with regards to those funky old lenses you-all go on about so much! It's amazing what the muse can create with the most primitive of tools.
-Chris

[Bill_1856]

she shot those with a 'blad.

There is a video showing her shooting them with an 8x10, by the river and on a deck.

[Brian Ellis]

she shot those with a 'blad.

I don't know how "early" exactly we're talking about but in the video I saw about her and the controversial photographs of her kids nude she was using an 8x10 camera. In that video the kids were roughly 6-10 or so . Maybe she did earlier ones with a Hasselblad?

[chuck461]

Some of her work I love, some I like less, but she is always evolving, never stagnant. It seems many artists, when they find a style that has commercial success, simply stick with that style. Sally Mann is not one.

I get the strong impression that the family photos were done with 8X10. I've never heard of her using a Hasselblad. I am no authority, though. Thinking back now, I remember looking through the 8X10 contact prints of the family photos at the Houk Gallery, so I will say definitely 8X10.

Chuck

[MIke Sherck]

I won't say that I'm a big fan of Sally Mann's photographs, but I respect her tremendously for being truthful and honest and willing to do things that other people may not like. She doesn't seem to be overtly looking for approval, and that's a hard road to go down. She's likely a lot tougher than I am.

Mike

[goamules]

I'd say doing things that shock and that the mainstream doesn't like is an easy road to approval today.

[Bill_1856]

Well I don't know how "artistic" her photographs are, but I've got to say that her work is undeniably honest.
However, I'm not at all entranced by her wet plate process.

[Bill_1856]

http://www.pbs.org/art21/slideshow/?slide=545&artindex=138