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For more than 40 years, Sally Mann (American, b. 1951) has made experimental, elegiac and hauntingly beautiful photographs that explore the overarching themes of existence: memory, desire, death, the bonds of family and nature’s indifference to human endeavor. This fall, the High Museum of Art presents the first major survey of her work to travel internationally, “Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings” (Oct. 19, 2019–Feb. 2, 2020). Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Easter Dress, 1986, gelatin silver print. Collection of Patricia and David Schulte. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), The Ditch, 1987, gelatin silver print. Private collection. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Deep South, Untitled (Scarred Tree), 1998, gelatin silver print. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Alfred H. Moses and Fern M. Schad Fund. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Battlefields, Cold Harbor (Battle), 2003, gelatin silver print. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, gift of the Collectors Committee and The Sarah and William L Walton Fund. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), On the Maury, 1992, gelatin silver print. Private collection. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Deep South, Untitled (Stick), 1998, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of the New Orleans Museum of Art: Collection of H. Russell Albright, M.D. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Hephaestus, 2008, gelatin silver print. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Kathleen Boone Samuels Memorial Fund. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), St. Paul United Methodist, 2008-2016, gelatin silver print. Collection of the artist. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal, 2008-2016, gelatin silver print. Collection of the artist. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Battlefields, Fredericksburg (Cedar Trees), 2001, gelatin silver print, printed 2003. Collection of the Waterman/Kislinger Family. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Blackwater 9, 2008-2012, tintype. Collection of the artist. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Blackwater 25, 2008-2012, tintype. Collection of the artist. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Was Ever Love, 2009, gelatin silver print. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Museum purchase funded by the S.I. Morris Photography Endowment. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Deep South, Untitled (Bridge on Tallahatchie), 1998, gelatin silver print. Markel Corporate Art Collection. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Deep South, Untitled (Fontainebleau), 1998, gelatin silver print, printed 2017. National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, promised gift of Stephen G. Stein Employee Benefit Trust. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Battlefields, Antietam (Black Sun), 2001, gelatin silver print. Courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Hatton Pond Baptist, 2008-2016, gelatin silver print. Collection of the artist. © Sally Mann.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), The Two Virginias #4, 1991, gelatin silver print. Private collection. © Sally Mann.

Sally with Camera, ca. 1998, gelatin silver print. Collection of Sally Mann. Photo © R. Kim Rushing.

Sally Mann (American, born 1951), Last Light, 1990, gelatin silver print. Joseph M. Cohen Family Collection. © Sally Mann.