“Experience is not what happens to you. It’s what you do with what happens to you.” - Aldous Huxley
Sarah Kathleen Page has been reflecting recent life events after a talk with our tutor behind the doors of 3.4. During class last week we all opened up and told each
other one personal story/event/issue they had experienced which was negative, a "sob story", if you will. The point being addressed was that we all go through sh!t and if you want to succeed, these are things you have to overcome. Taking heed from the quote above, you have to take every experience, whether it be positive or negative, and let it strengthen you. You need to look back at where you've come from, and look ahead to where you want to go and how to achieve it.
Our tutor was also explaining that, in documentary photography, the best
work comes from the photographer that can relate to what they’re trying
to portray. Sarah said "I have already gone though many things in my life, some I
got over, some I wont."
Here she has combined self portraits and other photographs she has taken
throughout her life whilst experimenting with photography to create
these beautiful double exposures. Inspired by the book ‘Perceptions of Pain’ by
Deborah Padfield, she wanted the finished product to visually communicate her pain and
her feelings.
“Although we all experience pain it remains extremely difficult to define or communicate.” Unknown.
