Sarah Smith is a New Zealand based photographer specialising in landscape and creative photography.
Sarah became inspired by nature and the landscape as she hiked, camped and travelled around New Zealand and other parts of planet Earth. Originally, she picked up a camera to record these adventures and the landscapes and this soon developed into wanting to capture more than just a ‘snapshot’.
Honing her photography skills and craft in landscape photography she has most recently begun to explore a more creative avenue. Using long exposures, she captures motion, colour, light, tone, shapes and forms that she sees to create images in the landscape.
Sarah studied art at high school and then art history at university and is influenced by many great artists and photographers. Some of her favourites are Monet, Turner, Van Gogh and Kandinsky, Ansel Adams, Valda Bailey and Michael Kenna.
Sarah lives with her partner in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Interviews/Articles
- How to Find Your Creative Path in the Wilderness - Excio Photo Community Article - 2021
- Connecting with the Natural World - NZ Photographer Interview - 2022
- Connecting with the Natural World - NZ Photographer Interview - 2022
Photo credit: Gerard Richardson