SARAH HEIN IS AN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER AND MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST WORKING BETWEEN LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK.

WITH A BACKGROUND IN FINE ART AND FASHION, HER IMAGES BLEND RICH TEXTURE AND SCULPTURAL COMPOSITION. AFTER EARNING HER BFA IN FASHION DESIGN FROM THE SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, SHE BEGAN HER CAREER IN FASHION IN NEW YORK CITY. SHE IS KNOWN FOR HER EXPERIMENTAL IMAGE-MAKING AND VISUALLY ARTICULATE STYLE. DRAWING INSPIRATION FROM MANY YEARS OF IMAGE RESEARCH OF HIGH END DESIGN, FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY, AND ARCHIVE RUNWAY SHOWS, PARTICULARLY THE LATE 90’S AND EARLY 2000’S, HER REFERENCES AND IDEAS ARE CONTINUALLY FLOWING. SARAH’S WORK IS CELEBRATED FOR ITS BOLD SHAPES, CHIAROSCURO, AND VISUALLY STRONG CREATIVE DIRECTION.

IN ADDITION TO HER WORK AS A PHOTOGRAPHER, INCLUDING ANALOGUE PROCESSES AND PRINTING IN THE DARKROOM, SARAH WORKS WITH VARIOUS MEDIUMS TO CREATE MIXED MEDIA AND LAYERED COMPOSITIONS. SHE HAS A PROFOUND ABILITY TO SEE DEEPLY AND INQUISITIVELY WHAT IS NOT ALWAYS SO OBVIOUS TO THE NAKED EYE. HER VISION IS HIGHLY STUDIED FROM HER FORMAL TRAINING, ALONG WITH WORKING ON SET WITH TOP CREATIVE AGENCIES, BRANDS, AND ARTISTS IN THE INDUSTRY AS A SET DESIGNER FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE BECOMING A PHOTOGRAPHER.