In 1992 Richard Woodward Wrote A NYT Mag Cover Piece On Sally Mann That Caused A Firestorm. Now He Reflects On Mann’s New Book

“What’s clear from Mann’s not always coherent defense of her actions in the book is that she, too, is uncertain about the answers to her questions I asked—a confusion that, I believe, only increases her stature by adding a complicating layer to her motives. No one likes a smug, self-satisfied artist and Mann’s intelligence attractively joins a bold disregard for convention and self-doubt.”