Overview
At Twelve is Sally Mannās revealing, collective portrait of twelve-year-old girls on the verge of adulthood. To be young and female in America is a time of tremendous excitement and social possibilities; it is a trying time as well, caught between childhood and adulthood, when the difference is not entirely understood. As Ann Beattie writes in her perceptive introduction, āThese girls still exist in an innocent world in which a pose is only a poseāwhat adults make of that pose may be the issue.ā The consequences of this misunderstanding can be real: destitution, abuse, unwanted pregnancy. The young women in Mannās unflinching, large-format photographs, however, are not victims. They return the viewerās gaze with a disturbing equanimity. Poet Jonathan Williams writes, āSally Mannās girls are the ones who do the hard looking in At Twelveābe up to it!ā
This reissue of At Twelve has been printed using new scans and separations from Mannās prints, which were taken with an 8-by-10-inch view camera, rendering them with a freshness and sumptuousness true to the original edition.
This book title, Sally Mann: At Twelve, Portraits of Young Women, ISBN: 9781597114585, by Sally Mann, Sally Mann, Ann Beattie, published by Aperture (December 1, 2024) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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