Immediate Family
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Book Summary Information
Photographer: Sally MannEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-06-15
ISBN: 0893815233
Number of pages: 88
Publisher: Aperture
Book Reviews of Immediate Family
Book Review: Opinion vs. Review
Summary: 5 Stars
I have read a great portion of the reviews here and it seems that a lot of people are inserting their own opinions about the content of the book rather than opinions that contribute to reviewing it. If there's nudity, then mention it. If there's pictures of blood, mention it. But please don't give me your opinions about how you feel about those things because personally, I don't care.
These reviews are meant to help people who are buying this online. People who cannot look through the book themselves first. A review is helpful when a reviewer brings up stuff Amazon may have missed, or mentions who it might be be unnappropriate for and so on.
I don't care about what you think when you look at the photos. I don't care about how you feel about nuditity. I don't care whether you think the kids depicted had a unhappy childhood. I don't even care about how you think Sally Mann photographing her kids in the nude and then publishing it is wrong.
All I want, is to come out of reading these reviews and know if I want to purchase the book or not. NOT, how other people feel about this book because of what it covers. If you bought the book, tell me why. I don't mind someone saying they're a little uneasy about nudity but bought the book anyway. In that case, why? What other things drew you in, to finally buy it? Answers to things like this, are helpful.
So please, reviewers. This is not a place to gush out whatever. There are forums, fan sites, discussion sites, and book clubs for all of that.
Just give me an actual review.
Summary of Immediate Family
"Mann's subjects are her small children (a boy, a girl, and a new baby), often shot when they're sick or hurt or just naked. Nosebleeds, cuts, hives, chicken pox, swollen eyes, vomiting--the usual trials of childhood--can be alarmingly beautiful, thrillingly sensual moments in Mann's portrait album. Her ambivalence about motherhood--her delight and despair--pushes Mann to delve deeper into the steaming mess of family life than most of us are willing to go. What she comes up with is astonishing." --Vince Aletti, The Village VoiceArtists, A-Z Books
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