movie- Sally Mann

I think Sally Mann's work is very unique. I liked hearing the whole story about her and her father. She seems to admire him a great deal. A quote I can not forget that was stated of her father, was that he was not afraid of death. The pictures she took of her children were very interesting. I really liked the way they turned out, because it really did give a sense of hope to close the death gallery. The pictures of death is something I believe everyone should deal with. She stated that the corpse is nothing but a body, and the soul is what "you" really are. When you pass away, so does your soul and the corpse is left. It is something that we need to let go of, and what better way to help people understand that than through pictures. A negative aspect about society and art today is that it is all about money. If it doesn't make money, it is extremely hard to get your work up. I think showing this issue during the movie was a great highlight. It helped show reality in the world. I am glad she got the chance to display her work in a gallery in the end. I can actually feel the excitement she does when I watched that part. 

What I really liked about the face portraits and the kind of camera she used is its uniqueness. When you take pictures, it usually only take one second. The camera she uses requires you to stay still for a certain amount of minutes. I don't think I could ever model for those kinds of cameras, because I move too much.