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Art Work: On the Creative Life
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Art Work, by photographer and writer Sally Mann, offers a spellbinding mix of wild and illuminating stories, practical (and some impractical) advice, and life lessons. Written in the same direct, fearless, and occasionally outrageous tone of her bestselling memoir, Hold Still, this new book reaffirms Mann as a unique and resonant voice for our times and is destined to become a classic. Illustrated throughout with photographs, journal entries, and letters that bring immediacy and poignancy to the narrative, Art Work is full of thought-provoking insights about the hazards of early promise; the unpredictable role of luck; the value of work, work, work, and more hard work; the challenges of rejection and distraction; the importance of risk-taking; and the rewards of knowing why and when you say yes. In sparkling prose and thoughtfully juxtaposed visuals and ephemera, Art Work is a generous, provocative, and compulsively readable exploration of creativity by one of our most original thinkers.
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"With self-deprecating humor and hard-earned wisdom, Mann lays out professional successes and life-gutting tragedy."
"Of particular interest are later chapters dealing with Mann's photographic process ..."
"The volume testifies to the evolution of a unique aesthetic persona."
"[Mann] brings her distinctive mix of moxie and know-how to a candid, kick-ass, and wise mix of vivid autobiography, advice, and reflections ..."
"Her cinematic narratives flesh out her guidance with ripped-from-reality examples ..."
"[Mann's] 2015 memoir, Hold Still, was more spellbinding than most by full-time writers."
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