Talk:Sally Mann

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[edit] controversy of second book

Mann's work has stimulated controversy beginning with her second published collection, At Twelve: Portraits of Young Women (1988).

What exactly was the controversy over this book? Was it a perceived sexualized portrayal of some of the girls?

To critics, these portraits "captured the confusing emotions and developing sexual identities of girls at that transitional age, one foot in childhood and one foot in the adult world."...

What kind of critic does this refer too? Do we mean art critics or those who view some of her photos as being child porn? Also, exactly who stated the quoted text? You can't attribute a specific critics opinion to critics in general unless you can cite other critics who also stated similar views. --Cab88 14:57, 21 March 2007 (UTC)