Photo Journal Monday: Sarah Michelle Riisager
OUT OF YOU
Most of my projects are about love, loss, and longing for more. No matter where I am in the world I will always strive after to find out ‘What it is like to be human’. I focus on the relationship between people and being present – present in a world I find difficult to understand but also a world I want to understand.
Out Of You is a photographic story made in Rota, where I have been both curious and sensitive. This curiosity is something I want to explore, interpret, and share with the viewer. I have been focused on being personal, intuitive and humble. I have tried to dig into the mystery of the town and created a story about transformation and growing up.
As a starting point, I would like to communicate with those who look at my photographs. I tell my story when I share what I experience. But the real ambition is to make people find their own stories within a mine. I set up frames and direct the viewer in one direction and suggest the action. But in the end, it is the viewers’ story that is important no matter what.
To view more of Sarah’s work, visit her website here.