When the good pictures come, we hope they tell truths, but truths 'told slant,' just as Emily Dickinson commanded.
Sally MannLike all photographers, I depend on serendipity I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance.
Sally MannMy main interest was finding boyfriends. I'd park myself in the bookstore and read with one eye on everyone coming in.
Sally MannThere is something about this process, and about the whole 8 x 10 [camera] business, that takes it out of the arena of the snapshot, even though, of course, I'm always desperate for that feeling. I wanted those family pictures to look effortless. I wanted them to look like snapshots. And some of them did.
Sally Mann