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  • What do you think makes a portrait interesting?

  • How do the titles of these photographs make you think differently about the people they portray?

  • Some of these images are made spontaneously while others are carefully staged by the artist. How does this difference in approach affect your response?






Sally Mann, Jessie Bites, 1985. Gelatin silver enlargement print, 19 1/8 x 23 3/16 inches (48.6 x 58.9 cm), edition 11/25. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Gift, The Bohen Foundation 2001.193