Mann, Sally. Candy Cigarette. 1989. Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago.
Photographer Sally Mann shot a series of photographs of her children acting out social constructs, as in the picture above. For this photo taken by her rural Virginia home she used her 8 x 10 view camera to produce a gelatin silver print. Mann carefully planned her daughter's outfit, hair, and posture to look like the innocent miniature of a twenty-something bombshell smoking a casual cigarette. Her attitude is intense and defiant.
Time Magazine named Sally Mann "America's Best Photographer" in 2001.
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