Sally Mann has had a big influence on my work. The ethereal quality and sublime beauty she manages to capture, almost overwhelms my sense of vision. This work is full of history; there is the memory of violence and destruction, but yet the images convey the love and memorial of those lives lost during Civil War and struggles. Black and white film conveys aptly the time of past events; the organic nature of her work is refreshing. She allows nature to intervene and enjoys the happy accidents that convey the relationship between the camera, the photographer and the landscape.
These are images that I could view endlessly, there is so much of the narrative, there is so much beauty and so much of the history of the land. Her love of her art seeps through the picture making process. they are a joy to behold.
Series of Images from Sally Mann "Southern Landscapes" (1998)
from her website
http://sallymann.com/selected-works/southern-landscapes
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