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      Past Exhibition

      Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings

      On view June 30, 2018 to September 23, 2018

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      Sally Mann's experimental and hauntingly beautiful images have made her one of the country’s most influential and distinguished photographers.

      The artist’s first major traveling exhibition, Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings, explores themes of family, memory, mortality, and home as well as the Southern landscape as repository of personal and collective memory. Some 115 photographs — many of which have not been exhibited or published previously — offer a sweeping overview of Mann’s artistic achievement, vision, and drive.

      Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings is organized by the Peabody Essex Museum and the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition is made possible through a grant from The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, New York, and an important contribution from Susan Whitehead. Hunt’s Photo & Video and Canon U.S.A. are the corporate sponsors of this exhibition. Carolyn and Peter S. Lynch and The Lynch Foundation, and Susan and Appy Chandler provided generous support. We also recognize the generosity of the East India Marine Associates of the Peabody Essex Museum.


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      Other venues

      National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., March 4–May 28, 2018
      The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, November 20, 2018–February 10, 2019
      The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 3–May 27, 2019
      Jeu de Paume, Paris, June 17–September 22, 2019
      High Museum of Art, Atlanta, October 19, 2019–January 12, 2020

      Sally Mann is one of the most important photographers working today."
      — PEM Curator, Sarah Kennel
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      Curator Interview

      In this video, Sarah Kennel, PEM's Byrne Family Curator of Photography, talks about the pioneering artist and the enduring power of photography to tell important stories.

      Artist Conversation

      Enjoy an engaging talk between renowned photographer Sally Mann and former Harvard University president Drew Gilpin Faust. With humor and insight, the women reflected on the role their Southern upbringings played in their lives and groundbreaking careers.

      Sally Mann book cover

      Exhibition catalogue

      This richly illustrated monograph constitutes an in-depth exploration of the evolution of Mann's art through five sections: "Family," "The Land," "Last Measure," "Abide with Me," and "What Remains." Plate sections are enriched by the inclusion of quotations by Mann herself and by her most beloved authors.

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