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Which art books, prints and posters are available by and about this artist? Here is a sample of items of interest to a typical collector:
"These picturedescribe a long-ago time, and yet in looking at them I become once again the young photographer who took them on a hot summer day, sweat and dust pungent on the breeze; in the distance, I can hear the laughter of children who are now middle-aged.” — Sage Sohier, from the introductory interview by Mark Steinmetz
Easy Days is the third title in Sage Sohier’s trilogy which also includes Americans Seen and Passing Time. Made between 1978 and 1986, the 56 photographs presented in Easy Days capture the prosaic moments of ordinary people, always with respect and often with humor.
Sage Sohier, American b. 1954
Sohier is a distinguished American photographer whose career spans over four decades, primarily focused on the nuances of social environments and the private lives of individuals. Since she began her practice in the late 1970s, Sohier has been recognized for a style that blends formal precision with a deep, non-sentimental empathy for her subjects. She often utilizes large-format cameras to capture her scenes, resulting in images that are technically meticulous and emotionally resonant.
One of her most significant early projects, Americans Seen, which has been recently remastered, documented the domestic lives of people across the United States during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Her work gained further critical attention with the series At Home with Themselves, a groundbreaking 1980s project that offered an intimate look at same-sex couples in their own homes. Other major bodies of work include Witness to Beauty, a personal examination of her mother’s life and the cultural standards of aging, and The Seven Ages of Man, which reflects on the human condition across different life stages.
Sohier’s contributions to the medium have been recognized with high-profile honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and multiple grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her photographs are part of prestigious permanent collections worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. Over the years, she has successfully balanced a career as a fine art photographer with editorial assignments, always maintaining a signature curiosity about the tension between public personas and private realities.
Nazraeli Press first published Americans Seen in 2017, as part of their limited-edition NZ Library series.