Sarah Berends was an old classmate of mine from SVA, who had ventured off far away from NY to be in the land down under in Sydney, Australia. From time to time, I had checked her photos on facebook, where she had posted numerous photos of her new home and various places of travel. From what I remember, I always thought of Sarah's work as being finely detailed with an expressed sensitivity woven in from her personal feelings, emotions, thoughts, etc... I had always commended her of her own personal repertoire she brought to the table and can see that that hasn't left her through the photos she exhibited on the web. Much of her subject matter pursued a sense of mystery, beauty and awe, much of what I find myself striving after in my own photos. Sarah's works, although mostly for her own personal enjoyment, takes me to a happy place =)
