As ephemeral as our footprints were in the sand along the river, so also were those moments of childhood caught in the photographs. And so will be our family itself, our marriage, the children who enriched it and the love that has carried us through so much. All this will be gone. What we hope will remain are these pictures, telling our brief story.
Sally MannThere are a number of things that set Southern artists apart from anyone else. Their obsession with place and their obsession with family.
Sally MannSometimes I think the only memories I have are those that Iโve created around photographs of me as a child. Maybe Iโm creating my own life. I distrust any memories I do have. They may be fictions, too.
Sally MannSometimes, when I get a good picture, it feels like I have taken another nervous step into increasingly rarified air. Each good-news picture, no matter how hard-earned, allows me only a crumbling foothold on this steepening climbโan ascent whose milestones are fear and doubt.
Sally MannAs ephemeral as our footprints were in the sand along the river, so also were those moments of childhood caught in the photographs. And so will be our family itself, our marriage, the children who enriched it and the love that has carried us through so much. All this will be gone. What we hope will remain are these pictures, telling our brief story.
Sally Mann