![]() ![]() The story of Mann’s own life is interwoven with the stories of those who have shaped it. Along the way she discovers scandal, deceit, industriousness, and desperation-and how all of these qualities have manifested themselves in her outlook on life and work. Sifting through her ancestry in the form of letters, photographs, report cards, and newspaper clippings (many of which are reproduced in the book) she shifts between her own history and that of her parents, in-laws, and ancestry. ![]() And like any true Southerner, Mann realizes that to understand herself, she first needed to understand where she came from. Hold Still casts a light on who Mann is a mother, a daughter, a wife, a photographer, a writer, and a Southerner. It is this kind of reclusiveness that has piqued the curiosity of fans and critics alike who believe that by viewing her photographs, they have gained a complete understanding of the person who made them. ![]() ![]() Shying away from the limelight, Mann lives a quiet life on her farm in Rockbridge County, Virginia where her husband “once irritatedley clocked five weeks” during which she didn’t so much as go to the grocery store. In the years following her wildly successful (and controversial) series Immediate Family, Sally Mann has become something of an art world celebrity. ![]()
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