Out of all the Sally Mann photographs this one entitled “Three Graces” is one that I do not understand the meaning of. The photograph is a part of her "Immediate Family" series which includes several other photographs of this same nature. "In the late 1980s, the widely exhibited family photographs eventually published in Immediate Family (1992) and Still Time (1994) were attacked as perverse and exploitative, or praised as innocent and beautiful, depending on the political stance of the viewer." (http://www.answers.com/topic/sally-mann#ixzz1SWekVKqO)
“Sally Mann has used her 8 × 10 view camera to capture in fine detail, among other subjects, images of her children as they mimic and act out social and familial roles in the lush landscape of their rural Virginia home. For the series Immediate Family, posed or simply arrested in their activity, Mann’s children (who often appear nude) convey both primal and playful aspects of human behavior.” (http://www.mocp.org/collections/permanent/mann_sally.php)
These are two different statements of Sally Mann’s published works in which this photograph is part of. I tend to agree with the fact that this particular image appears to me to be nothing more than exploitation of her children. I can understand the beauty of a tastefully made artistic nude, or capturing the innocence of children in their adolescence, however I don’t feel that this photograph captures that beauty and innocence.
For me I do not understand what a posed photograph of naked young women urinating has to do with family or innocence. This is not an innocent moment caught on camera of a young child urinating outdoors, while that may have been its intention. I feel that the posed nature of the photograph and the fact that the girls are urinating is more of what makes this photograph have an exploitive or vulgar nature.
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