First published in Immediate Family has been lauded by critics as one of the great photography books of our time and among the most influential Taken against the Arcadian backdrop of her woodland summer home in Virginia Sally Manns intimate photographs of her children reveal truths that embody the individuality of her own family yet ultimately take on a universal quality With sublime dignity acute wit and feral grace Sally Manns pictures explore the eternal struggle between the childs simultaneous dependence and quest for autonomy This reissue of Immediate Family has been printed using new scans and separations from Manns original prints which were taken with an -by--inch view camera rendering them with a freshness and sumptuousness true to the original edition Sally Mann was born in Lexington Virginia in Her work has been exhibited around the world and is held by such institutions as The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Museum of Modern Art and Whitney Museum of American Art all in New York San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography She has received numerous honors including a doctorate from the Corcoran College of Art and Design Washington DC and a Guggenheim Memorial Foundation fellowship.
