What Remains

Film Info


　　2006


　　80 mins


　　Color


　　USA


　　In English


　　DVD


　　Synopsis


　　As one of the world’s preeminent photographers, Sally Mann creates artwork that challenges viewers’ values and moral attitudes. Described by Time magazine as “America's greatest photographer,” she first came to international prominence in 1992 with “Immediate Family,” a series of complex and enigmatic pictures of her own children. This work, and the controversy that followed it, was chronicled in Steven Cantor’s award-winning short film, Blood Ties.


　　WHAT REMAINS returns to follow the creation of Mann’s new seminal work: a photo series revolving around various aspects of death and decay. Never one to compromise, Sally Mann reflects on her own personal feelings toward death as she continues to examine the boundaries of contemporary photography. Shown at home on her family farm in Virginia, she is surrounded by her husband and now-grown children, and her willingness to reveal her artistic process as it unfolds allows the viewer to gain exclusive entrance to her world.


　　Spanning five years, WHAT REMAINS contains unbridled access to the many stages of Mann’s work, and is a rare glimpse of an eloquent and brilliant artist.


　　WHAT REMAINS will be released on DVD on April 22, 2008 and it is available now for educational and institutional rentals and screenings.

长久以来死亡是我唯一令我着迷的东西，那一组关于死亡的作品真的太震撼了。再次证明这个世界不配拥有艺术家。

The earth doesn’t care where death appears. It’s job is to face and renew itself. It’s the artist, by coming in and writing about it, or painting it or taking photograph of it, makes bad earth powerful, and creates death memory. Because the land isn’t gonna remember by itself, but the artist will.

“死亡让我们哀伤，但它也可以让我们感觉到更多的生命力。”她说道。“我等不及去那儿。那些气味没有打扰到我，并且你可以看到很多色彩——它们真的是美的。就像华莱士.史蒂文说的那样，死亡是美丽之母。”她的父亲是一名乡村医生，他曾宣告艺术的表现形式有三种：性、死亡和奇思妙想

Sally Mann-我喜欢的摄影师-Virginia乡下的生活-拍自己的丈夫孩子-美

这阿姨人生赢家啊，帅老公一枚三可爱的娃（长大都出落成美女帅哥了）然后还住农场还玩儿摄影，真的是人生赢家啊！