Sally Mann
Battlefields, Cold Harbor (Battle), 2003
Gelatin silver print
Sally Mann American, 1951
Battlefields, Antietam (Trenches), 2001
Gelatin silver print
Copyright Sally Mann
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The Battle of Antietam, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day of the American Civil War, with more than twenty-three thousand Confederate and Union...
The Battle of Antietam, fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland, on September 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single day of the American Civil War, with more than twenty-three thousand Confederate and Union casualties. One Union surgeon reported that most of the dead remained unburied more than a week later. By positioning her camera close to the ground for a number of these photographs, Mann assumed the viewpoint of a dying soldier. She used antique lenses, welcoming the light leaks, fogging, and flares they produced to convey the unsettling history of the landscapes.
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