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The Ditch

Photograph
1987 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Sally Mann is an important American photographer renowned for her intimate black and white photographs of her family and the landscape of the American South. This selection is from her best-known series, Immediate Family. Made with an 8x10 view camera, Mann’s photographs of her three children hover between the spontaneous and the theatrical. They capture a range of emotions – from displays of affection to outbursts of anger – and imbue everyday moments with lush beauty and often disturbing ambiguity.



Object details

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Object type
TitleThe Ditch (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Brief description
One photograph by Sally Mann entitled 'The Ditch', 1987
Physical description
A black and white photograph of a young boy lying on his back with his legs tucked underneath in a ditch filled with water. A number of adults and children are standing around him on the sides of the ditch.
Production typeLimited edition
Credit line
Purchase funded by the Photographs Acquisition Group
Production
Edition 12/25
Summary
Sally Mann is an important American photographer renowned for her intimate black and white photographs of her family and the landscape of the American South. This selection is from her best-known series, Immediate Family. Made with an 8x10 view camera, Mann’s photographs of her three children hover between the spontaneous and the theatrical. They capture a range of emotions – from displays of affection to outbursts of anger – and imbue everyday moments with lush beauty and often disturbing ambiguity.

Collection
Accession number
E.570-2014

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Record createdMay 12, 2014
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