Let me count the ways... No, seriously. This is a photographer who I had never heard of just a few short days ago, a photographer who is very much the complete amalgam of every photographer I love most (slight exaggeration only- see below). How could she have escaped my view for so long- we're talking... years decades here! A photographer using many of my favorite tools and language, ways of seeing and communicating... all of which she employs to so much better use. Each photograph a plethora of details and minutiae, and somewhere within those intriguing frames... a uniquely powerful human presence. And she's been creating these wonders, forever- where the hell was I???
So rather than trying (and no doubt failing) to further explain why I appreciate her so, why don't I just try something a tad different to illustrate (and celebrate) said admiration with the myriad of influences and similarities so readily visible in her work. The only question being- who influenced whom!?!? (This is not to proclaim direct influences either way, merely to denote similarities- feel free to make your own comparison list).
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Vanessa Winship) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Mark Cohen) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Chauncey Hare) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Bill Owens) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Diane Arbus) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Tod Papageorge) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Thomas Roma) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Mark Steinmetz) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Shelby Lee Adams) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Matt Black) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Gary Winogrand) |
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| Photo: Sage Sohier (via Joel Sternfeld) |
2 comments:
You left out a lot of great color work.
I linked to all of Ms. Sohier's work, she's quite the prolific artist- anyone and everyone is free to choose their favorites. I highlighted mine, her earlier B&W.
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