Megan Wissner
Sally Mann "Candy Cigarette"
1989, Gelatin Silver Paint
I selected this image because there is a sense of innocence but also she is showing that she is mature and in charge. The photo was part of the Immediate Family Series she did which she incorporated her own children in doing. The girl in the photo is clearly too young for a cigarette but the ways she is posing with it looks like she is does it all time. The cigarette happens to just be one of those candy ones, so that can also represent her youth. The girl in the back most likely her sister is not seen so we can only depict why Sally would have her in the pic. I think it might be because it shows her being there with her sister so it shows the fun and youthfulness of children, but she isn't looking at her sister because of her holding and that represents the bad in the world.
