Alexis Bucha- Sally Mann

In my opinion Sally Mann was in the wrong for photography her kids nude. Although her kids gave her consent and would not participate if they didn't want to. But taking pictures of kids naked is wrong. " The work is deliberately provocative, its aim is to question sexualized advertising images."
(Art or Abuse) She's not just taking pictures of her kids being kids, she is taking pictures of them naked and showing the word. Thats not right, kids naked should not be in a art gallery for the world to see. "The nudity of the children has caused many problems for many publications, including this one." (The Disturbing Photos of Sally Mann) The New York Times how hard times publications Manns work because of the reviews that people were giving it. People don't like to look at children that are naked, we like to look at kids having fun with cloths on. I get the fact that her kids ran around the house naked because they lived far away from people, but that doesn't give her the right to photograph them and publish them. Mann believes that it is her job to project her kids from all harm. (New York Times) Then why would she publish nude photos of her kids. That would bring so much harm to them. They will have to live with the fact that everyone has seen them naked. "Detractors who could not get past the fact that the children had little to no cloths on." (Bengal) People that would look at her photos would not get the messages that she was trying to tell, all they saw was photos of naked kids that looked sad. I don't believe in what Mann did. I think that if I was a mother I would not be able to take pictures of kids naked and published and be okay about it. There is a message behind all of her photos, but we tend to miss it because of what is going on in the photo. I believe that if Mann would just photographed her kids while clothed, more people would've go the message and not been so unhappy with her work.

































Work Cited:

“Art or Abuse?: A Lament for Lost Innocence.” The Independent, Independent Digital News and Media, 23 Oct. 2011, www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/art-or-abuse-a-lament-for-lost-innocence-2078397.html.

“The Disturbing Photography of Sally Mann.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018, www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/magazine/the-disturbing-photography-of-sally-mann.html.

Bengal, Rebecca. “After Sally Mann's Memoir, a New Look at Her Most Famous Photographs.” Vogue, Vogue, 1 Feb. 2017, www.vogue.com/article/sally-mann-immediate-family-reissue-memoir-hold-still.