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SALLY MANN (American, b. 1951) FALLEN CHILD titled, dated, signed and editioned

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SALLY MANN (American, b. 1951) FALLEN CHILD titled, dated, signed and editioned
SALLY MANN (American, b. 1951) FALLEN CHILD titled, dated, signed and editioned "Fallen Child (c) 1989 Sally Mann 16/25" in pencil on verso various edition and dimension notations on verso gelatin silver print 8 x 10 in. (20.3 x 25.4 cm) 1989 this print is number 16 from an edition of 25 PROVENANCE Greg Kucera Gallery, SEATTLE Private Collection, WASHINGTON LITERATURE Reynolds Price, SALLY MANN: IMMEDIATE FAMILY, NEW YORK, 1992, n.p. (illustrated) In FALLEN CHILD, Virginia, then four years old, seems to have collapsed on the grass, perhaps having fallen from a small tree she attempted to climb, or having reached total exhaustion after being chased by her two older siblings. In these "composed documentations," often reminiscent of the photographic compositions of Julia Margaret Cameron, Sally Mann records the growth and emotional development of her own three children by depicting ordinary events that every mother witnesses. Mann forces the viewer to see and appreciate the beauty of a child's most common and inevitable episodes: falling down, wetting the bed, taking a nap, digging a hole, dressing up, getting sick, swimming, etc. Her work is a way for her to explore and illustrate maternal love and child response. Sally Mann attempts to address the universal aspects of growing up, not the specific birthday parties, school plays, graduations, etc. Mann works with her children to create the imagery. In her introduction to IMMEDIATE FAMILY, Mann says: "At times, it is difficult to say exactly who makes the pictures. Some are gifts from my children: gifts that come as fleeting as the touch of an angel's wing." Virginia is her youngest daughter, growing up in the same southwestern region of Virginia where her mother was raised. Perhaps by recording her children in this environment, Mann is also attempting to preserve her own childhood. The image is a contact print, as it was taken with Mann's camera of choice, the 8 x 10 inch view camera. Although cumbersome, it allows for greater detail, since nothing is lost in enlargement.
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