I’m not a good photographer, not a good writer. I’m a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable. Sally Mann Read Quote
I have had a fascination with death, I think, that might be considered genetic for a long time. My father had the same affliction, I guess. Sally Mann Read Quote
I feel I’m a strange mixture of insecurity and strength. Most of us, probably most people. I’m transferring that same concept to the people I photograph. Sally Mann Read Quote
Don’t get between me and a really good picture in the darkroom, because then I want to go straight to the darkroom and develop it. But once that’s done, I’m fine. Sally Mann Read Quote
I couldn’t be Susan Sontag. I’m not very good with abstract thought. I always just take to the emotional core of me. Sally Mann Read Quote
I taught up in Maine a couple of times and wasn’t able to take a single picture. All that blue sky! Ugh. Sparkling clear air, just terrible. I couldn’t do it. Sally Mann Read Quote
I just started taking pictures, and it was – it was an instant love affair. It was just ecstatic. Sally Mann Read Quote
I work all the time. I never leave home. I mean, I just stay honed in on what’s ahead. Sally Mann Read Quote
