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Art Quote by Sally Mann

“The act of looking appraisingly at a man, studying his body and asking to photograph him, is a brazen venture for a woman; for a male photographer, these acts are commonplace, even expected.” quote by Sally Mann — Download Open image

““The act of looking appraisingly at a man, studying his body and asking to photograph him, is a brazen venture for a woman; for a male photographer, these acts are commonplace, even expected.””

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My main interest was finding boyfriends. I'd park myself in the bookstore and read with one eye on everyone coming in.

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Sometimes, when I get a good picture, it feels like I have taken another nervous step into increasingly rarified air. Each good-news picture, no…

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When the good pictures come, we hope they tell truths, but truths 'told slant,' just as Emily Dickinson commanded.

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All the good pictures that came so easily now make the next set of pictures virtually impossible in your mind.

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