SALLY MANN Untitled #13 from Deep South, 1998 Gelatin silver enlargement print toned with tea, printed 2001. 95.9 x 120.7 cm (37 3/4 x 47 1/2 in).

Sally Mann, Damaged Child, 1984 Damaged Child was created in 1984 and was Sally Mann’s first portrait of any of her children. Mann was inspired when her daughter came home from a friend’s house covered in gnat bites, giving her a swollen face (Woodward, p.3). The portrait was at first spontaneous, but Mann had her daughter pose in the same position the next day. It became an obsession for Mann, when she realized that she had perfect subjects to photograph living in her own house. It was also extremely controversial, because viewers of the piece worried about the girl. Was she abused? Did her mother hit her for the sake of the photograph? It is hard for the public to look at a photograph entitled, Damaged Child and not be concerned about abuse, especially when it seems actual child abuse is all too common in our society (Woodward, p.3).

Sally Mann, At Warm Springs, 1991, from the series Immediate Family. All photography courtesy of Sally Mann and Gagosian Gallery

SALLY MANN Untitled (Georgia) from Mother Land, 1996 Gelatin silver enlargement print toned with tea, printed 1997. 38 x 48 1/2 in. (96.5 x 123.2 cm)

SALLY MANN Untitled (Georgia) from Mother Land, 1996 Gelatin silver enlargement print toned with tea. 38 x 48 1/2 in. (96.5 x 123.2 cm)

SALLY MANN Jessie at Eight, 1990 Gelatin silver print. 18 3/4 x 23 in. (47.6 x 58.4 cm)

SALLY MANN The Bent Ear, 1989

SALLY MANN Virginia at 5, 1990 Gelatin silver print. 19 x 23 in. (48.3 x 58.4 cm)

SALLY MANN Jessie at 8, 1990 Gelatin silver print. 19 x 23 1/8 in. (48.3 x 58.7 cm)

SALLY MANN Sunday Funnies, 1991 Gelatin silver print. 7 3/4 x 9 5/8 in. (19.7 x 24.4 cm)