Deep South

About this book

"The photographs in Deep South, many produced with the nineteenth-century collodion process and a variety of toning techniques, capture what Sally Mann calls the "radical light of the American South." Borrowing methods favored by early masters of landscape photography, Mann bends classic craftsmanship to serve the expressive needs of a heightened contemporary sensibility. Serendipitous technical imperfections, such as light leaks or scratches on negatives, echo the accidental, chaotic workings of time. From ghostly images of historic battlefields to painterly visions of Louisiana, Mississippi, Georgia, and her native Virginia, Mann's landscape photographs transport the viewer to another time and place." "Short essays by the photographer open the three main sections of the book, and Mann's writing proves as engaging and poetic as her images. This is the first book solely devoted to Mann's landscape photography, and it is a masterful reinvention of the genre. Printed in tritone to reflect the subtlety and range of Mann's original prints, Deep South evokes the strange beauty of the Southern landscape as seen by one of our preeminent artists."--Jacket.