Sally Mann was born on May 1, 1951 in Lexington, Virginia to upper-middle class parents.
Her current projects include a series of self-portraits, a study of the effects of muscular dystrophy on her husband, portraits of intimate family life over the past 30 years, and a multipart study of the legacy of slavery in Virginia
today Sally Mann is known as one of the most influential female photographers in history. Her works are included in the permanent collections at some of the world’s finest museums, including:
* Metropolitan Museum of Art
* Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C.
* Corcoran Gallery of Art
* Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
* San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
* Whitney Museum of American Art in New York
In addition, Mann was named by Time magazine as "America's Best Photographer" in 2001 and her images have made the cover of The New York Times Magazine on multiple occasions.
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