American - Photographer | May 1, 1951 -
I'm not a good photographer, not a good writer. I'm a pretty regular person whose insecurity is so pervasive that it makes me always feel vulnerable.
Sally Mann
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I couldn't deal with a normal life.
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If I take enough pictures, I'm going to get a good one, and I know not to stop at a bad one.
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I chose photography over writing. I had to make a living.
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I remember when the family album came out, people would just knock on our door because they thought they knew us, and that, of course, is one of the great hazards.
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The thing that makes writing so difficult is you don't have the element of serendipity. At least with a photograph, you can set up the camera, and something might happen. You might be a lousy photographer, but you can get a good picture if you just take enough of them.
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