Sarah Richards

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Sarah Richards was born in North London in 1978, the last of 6 children in a Jamaican British family. She moved to New York in 2001, where her creative senses are constantly stimulated. A self-taught film photographer, her work has been shown in galleries and spaces in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Australia.


Artist’s statement:
In a world glutted with imagery, what makes a picture stand out above the rest? To me a picture is a visual representation of a memory and thus a story. A truly effective picture is one that each and every
viewer is able to personalise and form even a small emotional connection with. It invokes a nostalgic memory, a forgotten emotion, a recurring dream. Such a picture forces the viewer to stop and think
deeply rather than to take the image at face value. Time to think? A luxury commodity in this ever-speeding fast paced world in which we live.

It is the responsibility of the artist to speak to viewers on a level that reaches far beyond the confines of any written language in order to add another dimension and layer to life. A picture is ‘written’ in every language yet none at all, ‘speaks’ to everyone but utterssomething different each time. Few things in life have such ability. The opportunity to capture such a special moment is a privilege that is very seldom achieved yet constantly strived for. I am driven to create something that is felt rather than merely seen without isolating a viewer. Something that speaks without talking. Then and only then will one have created lasting art.

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