Auckland Festival of Photography is delighted to present Wish You Were Here as part of the featured NZ exclusive exhibitions in the 'Believe' suite of works for 2024.
Wish You Were Here, explores vacation culture amidst the climate crisis, and how it plays, often unconsciously, into what’s known as last-chance tourism. In exploring this topic, Sarah examines the absurdity that capitalist and colonialist structures (like tourism) imbue. This work has won numerous awards and grants, and a small part of it was most recently a Core Exhibition in CONTACT Photo Festival last year.
Sarah says "the way I photograph is a bit different, as I use film and create multiple exposures in-camera with no manipulation in photoshop. I shoot by building layers of stories on the same piece of film, creating a strong sense of environment while weaving together contrasts and similarities in the subject matter I’m photographing".
Thanks to Eke Panuku Development Auckland.
