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“Like all photographers, I depend on serendipity I pray for what might be referred to as the angel of chance.”

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Sally Mann is an American photographer known for her unique style and profound depictions of nature, family, and Southern American culture. Her work often explores the relationship between humans and nature, as well as reflections on memory and history. more

“I can think of numberless males, from Bonnard to Callahan, who have photographed their lovers and spouses, but I am having trouble finding parallel examples among my sister photographers. The act of looking appraisingly at a man, making eye contact on the street, asking to photograph him, studying his body, has always been a brazen venture for a woman, though, for a man, these acts are commonplace, even expected.”

Thinking Men I Can Body Eye Study Trouble Streets Example Lovers Findings Asking Males Photographer Photograph Expected Contact My Sister Venture Spouse Parallels Commonplace Brazen Eye Contact

Author:Sally Mann

“There is something about this process, and about the whole 8 x 10 [camera] business, that takes it out of the arena of the snapshot, even though, of course, I'm always desperate for that feeling. I wanted those family pictures to look effortless. I wanted them to look like snapshots. And some of them did.”

Looks Whole Feelings Wanted Courses Process Cameras Desperate Arena Effortless Snapshots

Author:Sally Mann

“Discover the force of the skies O Men: once recognised it can be put to use.”

Men Use Force Sky

Author:Johannes Kepler

“The soul of the newly born baby is marked for life by the pattern of the stars at the moment it comes into the world, unconsciously remembers it, and remains sensitive to the return of configurations of a similar kind.”

World Kind Soul Moments Remember Stars Born Baby Return Remains Patterns Sensitive Astrology Configuration

Author:Johannes Kepler

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