Born in 1951 in Lexington, USA. Lives and works in Lexington.
Sally Mann is one of America’s most renowned photographers. She has received numerous awards, including NEA, NEH, and Guggenheim Foundation grants, and her work is held by major institutions internationally. Her many books include At Twelve (1988), Immediate Family (1992), Still Time (1994), What Remains (2003), Deep South (2005), Proud Flesh (2009), The Flesh and the Spirit (2010) and Remembered Light (2016). In 2001 Mann was named “America’s Best Photographer” by Time Magazine. A 1994 documentary about her work, Blood Ties, was nominated for an Academy Award and the 2006 feature film What Remains was nominated for an Emmy Award in 2008. Her bestselling memoir, Hold Still (Little, Brown, 2015), received universal critical acclaim, and was named a finalist for the National Book Award. In 2016 Hold Still won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction.
Mann’s works are represented in international collections such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York, USA; Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Japan; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK.
