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Sally Mann on TV

from Brian Reeves (bri1217@yahoo.com)
I'm sorry I don't have a picture to put up here, but in case anybody likes her work Sally Mann is on the PBS show "Art in the 21st Century."

Apparently, the timetable has been messed up from the 'original' airdates but she is on the first program of the series. Details are here.

I didn't know about this and during a commercial from Quantum Trek (or whatever the latest Trek show is) I flipped channels and saw a woman preparing photographic plates in the back of her suburban, talking about how they were not perfect and that's why she liked them.

Throughout the piece she and two of her kids were flipping through boxes and boxes of 8x10's and commenting on them; many of these pics are the type pulled from web sites because of issues with children being photographed naked. Her kids did say it was a bit of a relief when she moved on to doing landscapes since they felt they had been photographed enough (my paraphrasing). Her daughter emphasized that the landscapes were harder to do and better technically than her family photos.

Interesting stuff. I want a large format camera now (except I have zero patience).

(posted 8223 days ago)

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