Feb 10

Feb 10 Photo Journal Monday: Sarah Michelle Riisager

Rota, Spain in 2019 © 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.