Sarah Carlier (1981, Izegem, Belgium) lives and works in The Nederlands. Carlier studied Photography at the Royal Art Academy in the Hague (2000-2004) and took her Masters in Photography at the AKV/St. Joost in Breda (2004 – 2006). Carlier’s work was presentated in a solo exhibition at: Vlaams cultuurhuis De Brakke Grond, Amsterdam (NL), the gallery LhGWR, The Hague (NL) and De Kijkkasten, Amsterdam (NL). Her project and book ‘Four years, three deaths, sweaty armpits and a fetus’ was nominated for the Dutch Doc Award (2012) and presented in the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam (NL) , the Fotomuseum Antwerp (B), Photobook festival Londen (UK) and Kijk:Papers, Kassel (D).
Sarah Carlier work is about choice: which choices do we make in our quest for love and happiness? How do we deal with feelings, convictions and questions in our changing society? Do we embrace progress or shall we fall back on tradition? Carlier does not tell "big stories", she concentrates on everyday human existence instead, for instance, a the local fishing community, Romanian Family or her own personal background.
Carlier does not only make photos: she creates entire installations using photos, self-written texts, photobooks and video (stills, real time video etc). Her work is basically narrative and the story dictates the presentation format. But both photo and video are traces of reality. The only question is: which reality? The artist's? Carlier's documentary is not 'classic documentary': fact and fiction merge. Where does reality end and imagination take over?
Certain is, that her work speaks of an interaction between her own imagination and the intimate relationship with her subject, the human being.
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