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Sally Mann’s Fearless, Loving Eye (PHOTOS)

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Elizabeth Evans Munger, Sally’s mother
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Sally’s first horses, Khalifa and Fleet, in the late 1960s.

Elizabeth Evans Munger, Sally’s mother
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An image from Sally’s twelfth roll of film in 1969. An early example of her work dealing with the concept of mortality.

Courtesy of Sally Mann
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An outtake from the wedding portraits taken by Sally’s father with his beloved Great Dane Tara in the background.

Robert S. Munger, Sally’s father
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A contact sheet from Sally’s first roll of film, taken in April 1969.

Courtesy of Sally Mann
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Sally working on her “Deep South” series in Mississippi in the late 1990s.

Kim Rushing

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