sarah small

I discovered a photo by Sarah Small randomly surfing today, and I was so intrigued by it that I had to see more. Her work is definitely thought-provoking and her subjects are so interesting and at times, oddly paired. Here’s a statement from her website explaining her message:

The Delirium Constructions is an ongoing body of work exploring disassociated themes and characters brought together into the same space. I bring models into improbable, close interactions to examine the social and graphic contrasts of youth and experience, hysteria and discipline, tragedy and hilarity, and sexuality and desexualization.

These scenarios are staged, but the emotions that result are born through improvisation, spontaneously captured and authentically experienced. Like an optical illusion, where the viewer shifts between opposing visual perceptions, these images reference emotional illusion, a rocking back and forth between projection and introspection, between darkness and hilarity.

Check out some examples below and her website for more: