Sally Mann, Art Work: On the Creative Life

- Dimensions: 9.5" x 6.5"

- "Essential reading for anyone who has (or is trying to develop) a creative practice. This book is full of hard-won insight and plenty of hard knocks, all told in a forthright way by this legendary artist. My copy is dog-eared and underlined on nearly every page. A wonderful, insightful gift." - Tori

- 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.