Now, having studied relationships between parent and child, artist and subject, life and death, Sally Mann: Proud Flesh (Aperture/Gagosian, October 2009) investigates the bonds between husband and wife.
Exquisitely detailed, intimate, psychologically and emotionally intense, Sally Mann: Proud Flesh engages territory most often inhabited by male artists portraying their wives and female lovers as Mann turns the camera to her husband of 39 years, Larry. Beautiful, textured, and provocative, these unprecedented nude studies neither objectify nor celebrate; rather, they go far under the skin to suggest a relationship between man and woman that is profoundly trusting: sensual, sexual, sometimes painful, often indescribably tender, and always unblinkingly honest. - “Proud Flesh.” n.d. Accessed August 2, 2020. https://aperture.org/shop/sally-mann-proud-flesh-book/.
In my book 'A Love Letter To Separation' there are alot of similar attributes as there are in Sally Mann's 'Proud Flesh'. Both with theory and design. I do however plan to add text to my book which will add a new insight into the project.
I really like how we are both females turning the cameras on our male partners, it feels very contemporary and challenges the norm.
I shot Lee (my partner) on 35mm black and white film which although I have practiced with, in the past, I am still rather new to the process. Having developed them also by myself it has made the whole project more personal and real.
As opposed to Mann's work I really tried to shoot with better lighting and get clearer images, and although there are a few that did not process how I wanted them too I still loved every image and included some of the darker images in.
Lee also shot a few images of me, I thought I'd best to leave them out of the book as there was a large difference in the images and felt as though this might disrupt the flow. However saying this, once adding text I may experiment with adding a few back into the publication.
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