At home at her Virginia farm, photographer Sally Mann reflects on the controversy surrounding her earlier collections while forging ahead with new work in this intimate portrait of an artist. Also offering insights into the photographer's career are Mann's husband and her now-grown offspring.
Many dogs are shown throughout the film. Some greyhound bones are shown and touched. The death of one of the dogs is not shown, but it is described and photos of the dog while it was alive are shown. The dead dog's, detached claw is shown.
Black and white photos of Sally Mann's unclothed children are seen among her earlier work. A sculpture of a tree is seen that is meant to resemble an abstract male torso with three phalli. Several black and white photos of an unclothed man from both the front and back are seen.
Photos are seen of children with bloody noses/faces, cadavers are seen with bloodied sutures on the forehead, dead bodies in various stages of decay are seen. Bodies are shown after being left out in the open to decompose. These bodies are touched and inspected. Open wounds are shown in a photograph.