This image conveys to me just how much vantage point controls the meaning and mood of a photograph. In Sally Mann’s photograph, the fact that the camera is pointed down on the subject adds and even creates the meaning. In many ways, the vantage point unites with the worn down horse figure and the hazy expression on the child’s face. The vantage point seems to pressure if not force us to make some kind of judgment of the subject’s childhood. Her nudity, combined with the fragile yet natural way she covers herself seems to make the meaning of the piece much more apparent when analyzed in connection with the vantage point.