Education: BA (hons) Degree in Drama Film & TV – Bristol Uni . Post Grad Dip Film & TV – Goldsmiths College .
Sarah is a self-taught Photographic Artist coming from a background of working in TV for 20yrs. After having children, she switched career to focus-in on the possibilities of the single frame with photography.
Sarah has worked in darkrooms in Greenwich, New Cross and Woolwich, and trained under Master Printer Tim Rudman in the specialist technique of Lith Printing. She continues to experiment with materials, using mixed-media (collage, paint, sound), cyanotype (sun-printing), and liquid emulsion (photos on 3D surfaces) . Her Fine Art photography is exhibited and sold in various galleries from Whitechapel to Spain. In recent years she has pushed the boundaries of photography with 3D works, plant alchemy and light sculptures, and even using mosaic tiles as if they were pixels.
Sarah harnesses the power of natural light on location, and also with her cyanotype sun-printing. Sometimes she abandons the camera altogether and makes cameraless images by painting with light. She experiments with plant alchemy to investigate the secrets of life. She is interested in the raw materials of water and light at their very essence. She explores all realms of reality: quantum physics, myth, fake news, dreams, history, futurism, existentialism.
Sarah’s work is also concerned with Loss. The loss of green spaces in london, the loss of species and the loss of past traditions. She researches science and history, and speculates on a future in which mankind may merge with AI.
Memberships
- Helped establish the Gate Darkroom at Thameside Studios Woolwich
- Juggernauts Artists peer mentoring group
- London Creative Network at Four Courners, Bethnal Green
- Green Space Art Collective
- Panel for the Greenwich Carbon Cutting grant
Sarah enjoys collaborating with the local community with photography projects and workshops for all ages.
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