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New York, NY: Back Bay Books (2016)
Paperback.
As new.
In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image,
Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied
landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically
predetermined, written into her DNA by the family
history that precedes her.
Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she
finds more than she bargained for: "deceit and scandal, alcohol,
domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved
and disputed family land . . . racial complications,
vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and
maybe even bloody murder."
In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a
totally original form of personal history that has the drama of a great
novel while being firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own life.
Sally Mann (born in Lexington, Virginia, 1951) is one of America's most renowned photographers. She has received numerous awards, including NEA, NEH, and Guggenheim Foundation grants, and her work is held by major institutions internationally.
Her many books include What Remains (2003), Deep South (2005), and the Aperture titles At Twelve (1988), Immediate Family (1992), Still Time (1994), Proud Flesh (2009), and The Flesh and the Spirit (2010). A feature film about her work, What Remains, debuted to critical acclaim in 2006. Mann is represented by Gagosian Gallery, New York. She lives in Virginia.
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