Artist Profile: Sarah Small
Sarah
Small used up nearly eight rolls of film, photographing two friends in a graveyard in
Providence, Rhode Island before noticing a statue that bore a stunning resemblance to one
of her models. For this piece, her final shot on the eighth roll, she decided to use a
fish eye lens to distort an image of the statue and model. Sarah was amused to find that
the model, who could raise her eyebrows very high in real life, did not have to raise them
at all for this shot; the lens did it for her.Sarah submitted the photo as part of her Concentration. For her first project, she was told to go out and photograph people, and Sarah decided that a graveyard would be an interesting setting for her models. Since the models posed in the nude, the graveyard had the added advantage of being secluded; their only interruption was someone in a big red tractor driving by right at the end of the shoot.
Photography has been an important part of Sarah's life for many years; she has attended photography programs every summer since she was in seventh grade. When she decided to take AP Studio Art, she knew she would have to work very hard -- although she was an accomplished photographer, she had not had any exposure to drawing. Despite her misgivings, however, she was happy with what she achieved, and found she learned a great deal. She is now attending the Rhode Island School of Design where she is required to draw in class nine hours a week, as well as to complete numerous out-of-class drawing assignments, and feels that her AP experience has prevented her from being "even more behind!" She is looking forward to her sophomore year, when she will be able to take photography.
When she leaves college, Sarah hopes to use her photographic talents within the fashion industry, creating eye-catching masterpieces. We wish her well!