1 At first time I think the pictures of completely naked is incredible cuase no one photographer like Mann dared do that without fear from the public. Whatever the negative comments, the defination of sensual and celebratory are one of the charactor we should have had. Mann made a warn to make the people sense of the happiness and freedom in the childhood.Without any decorated elements,the black and white picture show us clearly about the essence of our mind. We should relax during the childhood rather than make everything under pressure. There ie no necessary to avoid the happen for sensual and innocent and so on. Actually we have these mood and feelins in mind just cannot express straightly. So Mann break throgh the taboos.
2 I think art is a revelation of social temper,which reveals the general state of mind of the majority. Artists improve people's sensitivity to beauty and help enlarge men's capacity for feelings,thought,and imaginations.I think Mann just really have been pursuiting the pure art from her life. What she has done was just for fun.
3 The pictures from her should not be censored as the basic for pursuiting art. We can think about deeply why Mann prefer to using the old fashioned camera instead of the digital camera in morden society. It is the truth that we are becoming more and more hypocricy for decorating our shape outside. We should preserve and carry forward the trodtional arts just like the black and white photoes. Artist bring pleasure and spiritual food to us.Although the troditional arts may not creat commercial benefits, they can enrich our spiritual life and civilize our society. They have rights to keep their style in the world. They have rights to show some different idea digesting from their special view.
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Hi Tony,
ReplyDeleteI think your answer is completeful,and I agree Mann just want to pursuit the pure art from her life and express her feelings.
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ReplyDeleteAnyway, I have just have read your last post, and I have figured out your good felling for the art. Your conclusion about Sally Mann is sincerely terrific. I agree in your way to see art such as “spiritual food and source of pleasure”. Moreover, you talked about art how an instrument to civilized our society, which is one of the answers for the question, what art is?
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Hi tony, nice post. I completely agree with your points, and as you I think it has not been censored. How someone can private us such a beautiful job? I liked how you express your ideas by given good argues.
ReplyDeleteHi Tony,
ReplyDeleteI agree with the others--this is a great post. It's interesting that you are focusing on the method of Mann's camera work, too. Do you think you would feel differently if she had taken those photos with a regular old digital camera? Who are some of the other artists who you feel give you spiritual food and a source of pleasure?