I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what's ahead. Sally Mann aheadhomehone Change image and share on social
I have no animus toward digital, though I still pretty much take everything on a silver-based negative, either a wet plate or just regular silver 8x10. But I've started messing a little bit with scanning the negative and then reworking it just slightly. Sally Mann 8x10animusbase share on social
The two sensibilities, the visual and the verbal, have always been linked for me - in fact, while reading a particularly evocative passage, I will imagine what the photograph I'd take of that scene would look like, even with burning and dodging notes. Maybe everyone does this. Sally Mann burndodgeevocative share on social
It's a touchy subject, but as a Southerner, you can't ignore our history any more than a Renaissance painter can ignore the Virgin Mary. And it's impossible to drive down a road or eat a vegetable or pass a church without being reminded of slavery. Sally Mann churchdriveeat share on social
Each time you take a good picture, you have the wonderful feeling of exhilaration... and almost instantly, the flip side. You have this terrible, terrible anxiety that you've just taken your last good picture. Sally Mann anxietyexhilarationfelt share on social
It's not a lack of confidence, because I can't argue with the fact that I've taken some good pictures. But it's just a raw fear that you've taken the last one. Sally Mann argueconfidencefact Change image and share on social
When I read, I take notes and underline things. So reading is a vigorous process for me, but I read in bed. My poor husband is trying to go to sleep, and I'm reaching over him to get the Post-it notes. Sally Mann bedhusbandnote share on social
Writing is much, much harder than taking pictures because you have to man-haul it all out of your insides. Sally Mann hardhaulinside Change image and share on social
Matte digital prints are gorgeous, don't you agree? But the glossy digital prints, I just can't stand that paper. Sally Mann agreedigitalglossy Change image and share on social
I was just taking pictures to see what they looked like. Just for the fun of it. It wasn't about anything in some cases. Some of them were just about the joy of opening up an aperture and seeing what shows up. Sally Mann aperturecasefun share on social