First published in 1992, and causing a fair amount of controversy, Immediate Family has been lauded by critics as one of the great photography books of our time and among the most influential. Taken against the Arcadian backdrop of her woodland summer home in Virginia, Sally Mann’s extraordinary, intimate photographs of her children reveal truths that embody the individuality of her own family yet ultimately take on a universal quality. With sublime dignity, acute wit, and feral grace, Mann’s pictures explore the eternal struggle between the child’s simultaneous dependence and quest for autonomy. This is the stuff of which Greek dramas are made: impatience, terror, self-discovery, self-doubt, pain, vulnerability, role-playing, and a sense of immortality, all of which converge in these astonishing photographs.
Title: Immediate Family Publisher: Phaidon Publication Date: 2011 Language: English Binding: Softcover Book Condition: Great, crease to back cover Dust Jacket Condition: N/A Edition: 2011 Edition Size: 29 x 23 cm Pages: 88
