Sarah.phg 3_06, 2015

Sarah.phg 3_06, 2015, is the emblematic first photograph of the series Sarah, created by Lise Sarfati in Los Angeles in 2015. The series consists of three color photographs, two black-and-white images, and several segments of Super 8 film. The form is similar to a very precise cutout, shifting between shadow and light, from color to black and white, from a single image to multiple frames, seeking to compartmentalize different periods of time and space.

Sarfati has always treated the feminine figure in her photographs as a character. The emptiness of the image is only on the surface. One would more likely find an enigmatic gap in the open interpretations of the characters wandering. The context and background of these photographs oscillates between previously explored territories and the paths already taken—far from unknown.

C-Print
Edition of 15 and 3 Artist’s Proofs
Paper Size: 13 1/4 x 15 5/8 inches
Image Size: 9 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches
Signed and numbered by the artist

Lise Sarfati (b. 1958, Oran, Algeria) is a photographer and artist living and working in Paris, France. She holds a Master’s in Russian studies from the Sorbonne. Sarfati has been working in the United States, where she has made seven series of work which have been widely exhibited and published, including solo shows at LACMA, Los Angeles; Magnum Gallery, Paris; Fotografins Hus, Stockholm; Maison Rouge, Paris; FOAM, Amsterdam; UCR/California Museum of Photography; Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen; Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris; Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie, Arles, France; and Centre National de la Photographie Paris. Her work is held in many private and public collections, including LACMA, Los Angeles; SFMOMA, San Francisco; de Young Museum, San Francisco; Brooklyn Museum; Philadelphia Museum of Art; and the Nelson-Atkins Museum.