Hold still a memoir with photographs
Photographer Sally Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs s...
| Main Author: | Mann, Sally, 1951- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2015.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
Photographer Sally Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: "deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land... racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder." |
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| Physical Description: |
xiv, 482 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references (page 478). |
| ISBN: |
9780316247764 0316247766 |
| Author Notes: |
Sally Mann is the author of Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs which won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction. The award included a monetary prize of $5000. (Bowker Author Biography) |