
Jessie in the Wind
A hauntingly beautiful gelatin silver print by Sally Mann, capturing a young girl — the artist's daughter Jessie — her hair swept dramatically by the wind, her expression both vulnerable and defiant. Mann's signature use of light and shadow lends the image a dreamlike, timeless quality, blurring the boundary between childhood innocence and something more mysterious. The photograph exemplifies Mann's intimate and often controversial exploration of youth, memory, and the fleeting nature of childhood in the American South.
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print.
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Photographs
October 1, 2014
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