The Ditch
Photograph
1987 (photographed)
1987 (photographed)
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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 | |
| Title | The Ditch (assigned by artist) |
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| 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 type | Limited 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 created | May 12, 2014 |
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