Arbus worked extensively in black and white gelatin silver prints, creating deeply intimate and emotionally charged portrait photography that explored vulnerable human experiences with unflinching directness, much like Mann's maternal imagery.

Mark's monochromatic documentary portrait photography frequently examined women, motherhood, and bodily experience with the same raw emotional intimacy and figurative sensitivity present in Mann's gelatin silver work.

Goldin's autobiographical photographic practice centers on intimate portraits of family, friendship, and the body, sharing Mann's commitment to exposing tender and vulnerable personal relationships through a deeply emotional and confessional photographic lens.