
Jessie as Jessie and Jessie as Madonna
Two hauntingly beautiful gelatin silver prints place Mann's daughter Jessie in a dual role, juxtaposing her natural, unguarded self against a deliberate evocation of the iconic Madonna figure. The diptych format invites a meditation on innocence and archetype, childhood and symbol, as the same young face carries vastly different emotional weight across the paired images. Mann's characteristic use of rich tonal contrast and soft, luminous light blurs the boundary between documentary intimacy and timeless myth.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print diptych.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
October 1, 2014
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