#SallyMann #censorship
"Mann, whose work is held at major art institutions around the world, is reeling after police seized four of her most celebrated — and reviled — photographs off the walls of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Texas in January."
Photographer Sally Mann warns of 'new era of culture wars' after art seizure
As she reflects on her career in a new memoir, Sally Mann warns of a "new era of culture wars..."
https://www.npr.org/2025/09/24/nx-s1-5350583/art-work-sally-mann
Sally Mann Reflects on Controversial Family Photography and Her Artistic Journey
Sally Mann, renowned for her evocative black-and-white photography, is known for her candid portrayal of family life, particularly in her 1992 book *Immediate Family*. The images, which depict intimate moments with her children, caused an uproar when they were first released, with some critics accus... [More info]
Sally Mann, #TheNewMothers, 1989. Gelatin silver print. 20 × 24 inches. Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum purchase made possible by a grant from The Burnett Foundation. © Sally Mann
#SallyMann (b. Lexington, Virginia, 1951)
From 1984 to 1992, Sally Mann photographed her three preadolescent children, Emmett, Jessie, and Virginia, who became subjects in her landmark monograph Immediate Family (1992).