Friday, June 18, 2010

"The Family and the Land" by Sally Mann




Dates: 18 June – 19 September 2010
Location: The Photographers’ Gallery, 16 – 18 Ramillies Street, W1 Admission Free

"The most recent series in the exhibition, What Remains (2000–04) seeks to further connect human contact to the land and how the body eventually returns to and becomes a part of the land itself. This concept led Mann to photograph decomposing cadavers at the University of Tennesse Anthropological Research Facility, Knoxville, where human decomposition is studied in a variety of, mainly outdoor, settings. What Remains deals directly with the subject of death, still a social taboo. As with her other work, Mann’s subjects are sensitively handled and beautifully realised, encouraging us to reflect upon our own mortality and place within nature’s order." (from http://www.photographyblog.com/news/the_family_and_the_land_sally_mann/ and http://bintphotobooks.blogspot.com/2009/08/family-and-land-sally-mann-photography.html )

Check this video: "What Remains", it is a video shot by the photographer in a forensic intitute's garden




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