The film contains frequent sexual references and dialogue between adolescents, as well as simulated sex, the seduction of very young actors and the explicit exposure of apparently underage performers. Why So Controversial? The major complaint seems to have been the lack of artistic merit in the film's unflinching exploration of its difficult subject matter, and its frank assessment of teenage sex cultures. The film attracted general controversy when it became clear that the film's party scenes were unscripted, and that the young actors would simply turn up, get drunk and high and enjoy themselves - as well as more specific controversy thanks to its sexual content. The narrative intrigue is driven by the revelation that the "hero" of the piece - Telly - is HIV positive, and isn't aware, carrying on his committed agenda of deflowering young virgins and ignorantly spreading his infection. Kids Released in 1995 to a tidal wave of controversy, Larry Clark's portrait of sexually active New York teenagers floating through life from one party to another, via sexual encounters and substance abuse. This reissue of Immediate Family has been printed using new scans and separations from Mann’s original prints, which were taken with an 8 x 10-inch view camera, rendering them with a freshness and sumptuousness true to the original edition.8.
This is the stuff of which Greek dramas are made: impatience, terror, self-discovery, self-doubt, pain, vulnerability, role-playing and a sense of immortality, all of which converge in these astonishing photographs. With sublime dignity, acute wit and feral grace, Sally Mann’s pictures explore the eternal struggle between the child’s simultaneous dependence and quest for autonomy-the holding on and the breaking away. Taken against the Arcadian backdrop of her woodland summer home in Virginia, Sally Mann’s extraordinary, intimate photographs of her children reveal truths that embody the individuality of her own family yet ultimately take on a universal quality. First published in 1992, Immediate Family has been lauded by critics as one of the great photography books of our time, and among the most influential.
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