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Hold still, a memoir by sally mann the new york times. A memoir with photographs, released may 12, 2015, is a melding of a memoir of her youth, an examination of some major influences of her life, and reflections on how photography shapes ones view of the world. Hold still by sally mann, 9780316247764, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. May 12, 2015 this national book award finalist is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer sally mann. I recently read the book hold still, a memoir with photographs, by photographer sally mann. In 1969, as a teenager, she took up photography in vermont at. Near the end of the book, mann describes taking pictures at the university of tennessees anthropology research facility, known as the body farm, a. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, mann s preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of. A memoir with photographs ebook by sally mann find out hold still sally mann pdf download get hold still sally mann zip download bestseller hold still. A memoir with photographs, as deeply personal explorations of the. Hold still is the 9th book by photographer sally mann. Hold still reveals the sensibility behind the haunting and tender photographs sally mann has been making for more than three decades. Jun 04, 2015 photographer sally manns hold still addresses the controversy that followed her book immediate family, featuring photos of her naked children, and work so far. Apr 01, 2015 a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer sally mann.
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May 21, 2015 mann was born sally munger in 1951 in lexington, va. I will confess that in the interest of narrative i secretly hoped id find a payload of southern gothic. Mann says during a call to her home on cherished and muchphotographed farmland in the small shenandoah valley town of lexington, virginia, where she. Jun 09, 2016 one of the most influential and evocative photographers of our time, sally manns arresting memoir, hold still, a national book award finalist and winner of the carnegie medal, is filled with. The vivid descriptive energy and arresting images in this impressive book will leave readers. Cy twombly in lexington gagosian & abrams books, 2016 hold still little, brown, 2015 southern landscape 21st editions, 20 the flesh and the spirit aperture, 2010 proud flesh gagosian & aperture, 2009 sally mann faces gagosian, 2006. Sally mann s new book presents her dramatic personal story alongside photographs and family relics. With prodigious intellect and a telling instinct for the exact detail that will reveal character or throw it into question, mann delves into the treacherous territory of memory. May 12, 2015 hold still is a cerebral and discursive book about the south and about family and about making art that has some of the probity of flannery oconnors nonfiction collection mystery and manners yet is spiked with the wildness and plain talk of mary karrs best work. National book award finalist one of the best books of the yearthe new york times, washington post, the san francisco chronicle, vogue, npr, publishers weekly, bookpage. Not for nothing has the book garnered widespread accolades, including being nominated for a national book award and carnegie award.
In chapter after chapter of hold still, sally mann unfolds the dark secrets of her father, her mother, her adulterous greatgrandmother everyone, it seems, but mann herself. Book award finalist is a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer sally mann. Oct 24, 2019 read hold still pdf by sally mann back bay books listen to hold still. Before reading hold still, my knowledge of sally mann was based entirely on her photographs of her family on their virginia farm, her dreamlike southern landscapes, and some memory of the. Hold still by sally mann, signed abebooks passion for books. National book award finalistone of the best books of the yearthe new york times, washington post. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, manns 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. A memoir with photographs, mann says that it was never really all about the kids. Photographer sally manns memoir hold still is stark. A memoir with pictures, released last week through little, brown and co.
Sally mann, american photographer whose powerful images of childhood, sexuality, and death were often deemed controversial. May 06, 2015 i held evanss writing in mind while reading hold still, the photographer sally manns weird, intense and uncommonly beautiful new memoir. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, manns preoccupation. Aug 11, 2015 in chapter after chapter of hold still, sally mann unfolds the dark secrets of her father, her mother, her adulterous greatgrandmother everyone, it seems, but mann herself. Author interview sally mann, author of hold still bookpage. Bookpage a record of sally manns life that is intimate, outrageous, frank, and fearless. Inspired by an invitation by harvard university to deliver the prestigious massey lectures, she finds herself rooting through the family attic. Praised as visceral and visionary and fiercely beautiful by patti smith, hold still uses lyrical prose and expressive photos to depict mann s personal history and her preoccupation. National book award finalist one of the best books of the yearthe new york times, washington post, the san francisco chronicle, vogue, npr, publishers weekly, bookpage a revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer sally mann. Hold still is a cerebral and discursive book about the south and about family and about making art that has some of the probity of flannery oconnors nonfiction collection mystery and manners yet is spiked with the wildness and plain talk of mary karrs best work. Mann was introduced to photography by her father, robert munger, a physician who photographed her nude as a girl.
Sally manns prose examines southern life as closely as her camera lens examines the southern landscape, and hold still explains not just her photographic technique, but also her resolve to look headon at things most people would rather not see. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, manns 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. One of the most influential and evocative photographers of our time, sally mann s arresting memoir, hold still, a national book award finalist and winner of the carnegie medal, is filled with. A journey of selfdiscovery begins in family archives. Trying to reconcile mann s work with her life became, for a brief time, a kind of national pastime.
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