Photographer Sally Mann: “Proud Flesh”

The photographer Sally Mann, know for her uniquely powerful photos of her children, has a book coming out titled, “Proud Flesh”. The book in effect is the catalog for her new show of work that opens Sept. 15 at Gagosian Gallery on Madison Avenue in New York City. This new series turns the camera towards Mann’s husband, Larry Mann, and does so in a profoundly candid way:

In previous projects, Mann has explored the relationships between parent and child, brother and sister, human and nature, site and history. Her latest photographic study of her husband Larry Mann, taken over six years, has resulted in a series of candid nude studies of a mature male body that neither objectifies nor celebrates the focus of its gaze. Rather it suggests a profoundly trusting relationship between woman and man, artist and model that has produced a full range of impressions – erotic, brutally frank, disarmingly tender, and more. While the relation of artist and model is, traditionally, a male-dominated field that has yielded countless appraisals of the female body and psyche, Mann reverses the role by turning the camera on her husband during some of his most vulnerable moments.
-from the Gagosian Gallery’s press release

I’ll likely be seeing the show later this week, but for folks who can’t attend, the catalog is now available for order at Amazon.

Resources

• Announcement at Gagosian Gallery
• Images from the book, “Proud Flesh”
• Examples of Mann’s work at Artnet

Media

Availability

• Order Sally Mann’s  “Proud Flesh”, $50.40

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   Eolake Stobblehouse says:

   September 15, 2009 at 1:44 pm

   I think Sally’s Immediate Family is one of the most beautiful photo books ever.

   I blogged her a couple times, see here.

   reply
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     Patrick says:

     September 15, 2009 at 9:49 pm

     I remember you’re a fan, sort of posted this with you in mind…

     reply