Born: 1951

Lexington City

Married: Larry Mann

Grew up in a household both full of love but also unusual. Her father like to make statues of both the abnormally fantastic and death fantasy. This may have inspired her art in her later years.

Sally Mann is one of the best known American photographers of the modern era. She is known for her large black and white film prints of her children as well as her later landscape portraits that focused on decay and death. She drew criticism for her work in her early years due to the nudity of her children in her photos. Here are some of the most famous photos of her.