Sally Mann:
The Family and The Land
Virginia #42, 2000, gelatin silver print with varnish, 50 x 40 inches.
Emmet, Jessie, and Virginia, 1989, gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches.
#1 Scarred Tree, 1998, gelatin silver print, 40 x 50 inches.
Vineland, 1992 (girl with back yo camera), gelatin silver print, 20 x 24 inches.
Eva, 2000 (bones lined up), gelatin silver print, 30 x 40 inches
Photographer Sally Mann reflects on the core themes of her work—“The Family and The Land”—which have remained central throughout her career. Raised on a Southern farm, Mann describes her deep connection to Virginia and the greater South as foundational, a bond that was painfully disrupted during her years at a New England boarding school. Since returning home in 1972, nearly all her photography has explored the Southern landscape and the lives of her three children.
This exhibition spans 25 years of her work, beginning with the iconic Immediate Family series (1984–1994), moving through evocative images of the Southern terrain in Virginia and Deep South, and culminating in later series like Matter Lent and What Remains, which contemplate death and renewal.
Mann’s deeply personal and poetic imagery blends the intimacy of family life with a haunting sense of place, history, and the natural cycles that shape both the land and human experience.
WORKS
71
DIMENSIONS
20 x 24 to 40 x 50 (inches)
SPACE REQUIREMENTS
Aprox. 450 linear feet
INQUIRIES
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