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Sally Mann's Immediate Family
ETHICAL THEORIES IN ACTION

A quick look through some of the images in Sally Mann’s “Immediate Family” and one can already see how this body of work might be considered controversial. The dark images taken with her 8 by 10 camera of her nude children are easily interpreted in inappropriate ways. For Sally Mann, being naked was natural and not something to be ashamed of. For others however, the naked images of Mann’s children could be seen as pornographic and inappropriate. Subjective relativism can be applied to this situation because what is considered natural, or “morally right” for Sally Mann may be considered “wrong” for someone else. This theory claims that each individual may decide for himself or herself what is moral, which in this
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