To understand this book, you have to understand Sally Mann's childhood. 

Following up from my previous post about Sally Mann's Childhood you can see she was already a very different soul. Her family was quirky and eccentric, especially her father. The book becomes a lot less controversial when you realise that she grew up differently, she didn't want her children to grow up in any other way. 'The apple doesn't fall too far from the tree' so to say. She wanted her children to grow up in that same acceptability she had, and freedom to express themselves and concerning the naked pictures, she goes to explain since their home was five miles from anyone to see, she felt it no danger to have her kids run around or swim naked in the river. I personally understand, but I understand why people may feel differently upon her perpespictive of her 'muses'.


What does everyone else think?