I like to make people a little uncomfortable. It encourages them to examine who they are and why they think the way they do.
Sally MannThese dog bones are just making art the way art should be made, without any overarching reference. Just for fun, if you can imagine that-art for fun.
Sally MannWhat is truth in photography? It can be told in a hundred different ways. Every thirtieth of a second when the shutter snaps, its capturing a different piece of information.
Sally MannWhen the good pictures come, we hope they tell truths, but truths 'told slant,' just as Emily Dickinson commanded.
Sally MannThere is a great quote from a female writer. She said, 'If you don't break out in a sweat of fear when you write, you are not writing well enough. I tend to agree. I think my best pictures come when I push myself.
Sally MannSome of my pictures are poem-like in the sense that they are very condensed, haiku-lik. There are others that, if they were poetry, would be more like Ezra Pound. There is a lot of information in most of my pictures, but not the kind of information you see in documentary photography. There is emotional information in my photographs.
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