childhood+documentary+photography+youngstown+ohio

“LIKE ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS, I DEPEND ON SERENDIPITY, AND WHEN YOU'RE PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN THERE'S OFTEN AN ABUNDANCE OF IT. I WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT A PHOTOGRAPH WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN - A DOG MIGHT LUMBER IN AND BECOME A CRITICAL ELEMENT. I PRAY FOR WHAT MIGHT BE REFERRED TO AS THE ANGEL OF CHANCE.”

—SALLY MANN

“LIKE ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS, I DEPEND ON SERENDIPITY, AND WHEN YOU'RE PHOTOGRAPHING CHILDREN THERE'S OFTEN AN ABUNDANCE OF IT. I WOULD HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT A PHOTOGRAPH WOULD LOOK LIKE AND THEN SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN - A DOG MIGHT LUMBER IN AND BECOME A CRITICAL ELEMENT. I PRAY FOR WHAT MIGHT BE REFERRED TO AS THE ANGEL OF CHANCE.”

—SALLY MANN