SARAH LARBY

Sarah Larby’s background in painting and sculpture greatly informs her photography practice; where the studio environment acts as her blank canvas. 

She uses light and colour in a very painterly way to create dream-like scenes, drawing inspiration from different painting movements to craft atmospheric images – whether that be the moody tones of a Rothko or the light-heartedness of Monet’s impressionistic works. The final works have a sense of fluidity and timelessness, and all her images are lifted by a subtle thread of emotion that matches their colour palette.

Much-like her sculptural art practice, process is extremely important in her work – working in both analogue and digital processes, Larby often continues working on a piece long after the photograph has been taken. She loves to spend time in the darkroom and can often be found hand-printing, or when working digitally using CGI or physically intervening with the final print to create tactile, textured imagery. 

Sarah Larby (b.1998, Northumberland) is a visual artist and fine art photographer based in London, UK. She completed her BA in Fine Art at the University of Leeds in 2020, with one year studying classical sculpture at the Akademia Stuck Pieknych in Warsaw, Poland. Currently, she is pursuing an MA in Commercial Photography at London College of Communications, UAL.

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