Book Detail
Art and Photography
Immediate Family
New York: Aperture, 1992.
4to.; fully illustrated in black and white; grey cloth boards; illustrated dust- jacket; fine.
First edition. Mann is perhaps best known for Immediate Family, her third collection, published in 1992. The NY Times said, “Probably no photographer in history has enjoyed such a burst of success in the art world.” The book consists of 65 black and white photographs of her three children, all under the age of 10. Many of the pictures were taken at the family's remote summer cabin along the river, where the children played and swam in the nude. Many explore typical childhood themes, but others touch on darker themes such as insecurity, loneliness, injury, sexuality and death. The controversy on its release was intense, including accusations of child pornography.
$200
