Immediate Family
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Immediate Family is a controversial and influential photography book by Sally Mann that intimately portrays her young children in candid, often unsettling scenes of rural Southern life.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
art book
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photography book ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Aperture Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Sally Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controversy |
debates about child pornography laws
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debates about ethics of photographing one’s own children ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| criticalReception |
criticized for alleged exploitation of children
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highly acclaimed by many art critics ⓘ |
| featuresPerson |
Emmett Mann
NERFINISHED
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Jessie Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | black-and-white photography ⓘ |
| genre |
documentary photography
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fine art photography ⓘ portrait photography ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
contemporary debates on censorship in art
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representation of childhood in visual culture ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 88 ⓘ |
| influenced |
discourse on privacy in art photography
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subsequent family-centered photographic projects ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Sally Mann’s children
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childhood ⓘ family life ⓘ rural Southern United States ⓘ |
| medium | book ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversy over representation of children
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depictions of nude children ⓘ influence on contemporary art photography ⓘ |
| numberOfPhotographs | 65 ⓘ |
| photographer | Sally Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| photographicProcess |
gelatin silver prints
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large-format camera ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| publisher | Aperture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingRegion | American South NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
candid
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intimate ⓘ staged ⓘ |
| theme |
family relationships
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innocence and vulnerability ⓘ mortality ⓘ the American South NERFINISHED ⓘ the body ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted | late 1980s and early 1990s ⓘ |
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