About The Photobook Club
The Photobook Club aims to promote and enable discussion surrounding the photo book format. In particular looking at old, rare and influential photography books from the 20th century onwards.
The Photobook Club is run by Matt Johnston.-
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Previous Books:
- Robert Frank, The Americans
- Richard Avedon, Observations
- Eugene Richards, Cocaine True, Cocaine Blue
- Larry Sultan, The Valley
- Anders Peterson, Cafe Lehmitz
- Ken Schles, Invisible City
- Nan Goldin, The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
- Nobuyoshi Araki, Sentimental Journey, Winter Journey
- Stephen Shore, Uncommon Places
- Sally Mann, Immediate Family
- Paul Graham, A1: The Great North Road
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Tag Archives: sally mann
Summary: Sally Mann’s ‘Immediate Family’
Another awesome month on the Photo Book Club thanks to those who contributed and shared their own thoughts on Sally Mann’s ‘Immediate Family’. I really enjoyed taking the time to get re-aquanted with this book, and found new themes and … Continue reading
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Sally Mann’s ‘Immediate Family’ and Death
Mann’s images in ‘Immediate Family’ show her subjects in a state of content, content with their surroundings and with the omni-presence of the camera. Her family seem to move slowly through life and through the book we hold in our … Continue reading
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Patrick Del Rosario on the Controversy of Sally Mann
The Author: Patrick Del Rosario is part of the team behind Open Colleges. It is one of Australia’s pioneer and leading providers of TAFE courses and photography courses. When not working, Patrick enjoys blogging, travelling, and photography. Patrick together with … Continue reading
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Hilary Wardhaugh on ‘Sally Mann’, a Personal Reflection
A big thanks to Australian photographer Hilary Wardhaugh for offering her own personal reflection on Sally Mann’s intimate practice and her family relationships. You can see Hilary’s website here or follow her on twitter here. (The video Hilary refers to … Continue reading
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Sally Mann’s ‘Immediate Family’ and the Physical landscape
One of the things I love about photobooks is that they can stay on your shelf and change over time so much so, that two readings of the same book can cause completely different reactions. Lately I have found myself … Continue reading
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Sally Mann: Some Food for Thought #2
As I mentioned in our first ‘food for thought’ post, this second version looks a little more at ‘Immediate Family’ than Mann’s other works and publications. Firstly, as this book is easily available at a good price in a re-edition, … Continue reading
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Daniel Milnor on ‘Immediate Family’, a Personal Reflection
Thanks to Daniel Milnor who runs the always-worth-a-bookmark blog ‘Smogranch’ over here for offering this personal reflection on Sally Mann’s ‘Immediate Family’. If you would like to add your own reflection, please do so in the comments below or by … Continue reading
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Elinor Carucci on ‘Immediate Family’, a Personal Reflection
My thanks to Elinor for offering these words on ‘Immediate Family’: I saw ‘Immediate family’ when I was a student in Jerusalem and I was immediately drawn to this body of work. The images were so beautiful, magical, intense and … Continue reading →