Sunday Edition: Sara Angelucci

PHOTOSNACK #497

Every Sunday, I contact photographers previously featured on PHOTOSNACK and ask them to send me their spontaneous thoughts, observations, reflections, or advice.

Today, I am sharing the message I received from Sara Angelucci.

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Sara Angelucci

Sensing a picture

It seems to me as an image maker that what often interests me is not what we can see, what the lens offers us (which I love), but also, perhaps more importantly, the hidden narratives outside the image frame. The experience of the photograph.

What the pictures in Nocturnal Botanical Ontario and Bella di Notte hold within them are the sites where I find the plants and the sounds and magic of nighttime there. Created in situ at night, the limited sight makes me negotiate space so differently and puts my other senses on high alert. I make these pictures with my whole being. The conditions are slightly out of my control. And I think there’s something profoundly important in that. It’s not that it’s something you can necessarily see in the images, but perhaps you can sense the tension— and attention— that is required to make them.

Like trying to stand on one foot, I think ungrounding yourself is an incredible thing to do. I’ve had experiences on warm summer nights with insects chirping, fireflies blinking over a meadow, a harvest moon casting a spell over a dark pond, and church bells echoing in the silence that just take my breath away. And being there alone, just experiencing that – there is this fleeting moment of bliss that I cannot describe. If you’ve been out camping and sat out late with a campfire and looked up at the stars…you’ll know what I mean.

I hope you can sense some of that awe in these pictures.

Sara Angelucci was featured in PHOTOSNACK #462.

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Sunday Editions connect you with photographers whose work you previously explored through PHOTOSNACK.

I want to reveal some authentic parts of the people behind the cameras. I don't ask them any specific questions. I ask them to share whatever comes to mind when they think about YOU, the newsletter readers. It makes their responses genuine and personal.

I hope you enjoyed today's Sunday Edition.

Until next time,
Tomasz