John Foster|Accidental Mysteries
December 31, 2009
The Thin Line
The girls couldn’t be more different—one caught in a state of undress, the other munching on a large slice of watermelon. The dichotomy was astonishing to me—their only commonality being that both were occupying that brief moment in life of prepubescence awkwardness. I always called the image “my little Sally Mann.” The star of the shot is obviously the young girl to the right, her shoulder blade and Venus de Milo posture revealing an unintended sensuality of the figure. Having followed Mann’s marvelous photographic career and recently having read her book, those who know her work will see the similarity.
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