ABOUT THE ARTISTSara Hemed grew up in Montana,and studied Media Arts (Film and Photography) at Montana State University. She began travelling extensively living and working in Mexico, Guam, Miami, San Diego, Europe and most recently Hawaii. She has traveled to Africa, Southeast Asia, China, Indonesia, Japan and Micronesia, and these influences are reflected in her work. She enjoys studying other cultures and trying to capture the beauty of the world and its people in them. She is currently working on a photo documentary about the homeless epidemic in Hawaii. This is an ongiong project that will be ending soon. Then she will be off to Tanzania, to do a photo project with an orphange in Zanzibar about children’s street life.She is driven to travel and explore the wonders of the world. “I want to show in my photos that we are all much more the same than we are different. We all laugh, cry, love; The human experience… If my photos can reflect that, then perhaps they can foster peace, and that would be a beautiful thing.” She welcomes comissions and special orders of her prints. She also has a wide varitey of travel stock photos availible. Please feel free to contact her at:
Sara Hemed Photography, P.O. Box 139, Kaaawa,
HI 96730 (808)721-1621
www.sarahemedphotography.com
artisansforafrica@gmail.com