Immediate Family

I love these photographs. They have amazing soul and power inside them. Brilliant exposures and a great looking family.

I think the world owes Sally Mann and her family some kind of karmic debt for the beauty and grace that they share with us in this book. I know many of the shots were painstakingly staged and that her printing skills (and lenses) intentionally warp certain scenes, but this collection still allows you to escape into the feeling that you are witnessing an endless carefree summer in one of the most idyllic settings a child could imagine. The shots of her cabin and the river scenes alone could probably result in millions of unfilled prozac prescriptions -- it's that calming. I recommend this book to photography buffs, nature lovers, stressed-out insomniacs and mothers everwhere.

Sally Mann is an amazing artist. Her photographs are not only immensely beautiful, but inspiring as well. I highly recommend "Immediate Family", it is by far my favorite book made by Mann. Set in her home in Virginia, it instills in the reader the beauty of family and simplicity.

it's just gorgeous to look through. you get to see through the mother's eyes, to see what every mother sees: her children being children; being hurt and sad and happy and playful.

I love photography and having this kind of books exposes me to other peoples work and I love it!