Sarah Palmer is a photographer based in Toronto, Canada. Her work lives between the realms of documentary and fine art, questioning the conventional limits of each world. She explores pop culture and current events with a focus on the subcultures that these gatherings draw in. She is deeply interested in how we navigate ourselves in the world, with recent work exploring the climate crisis and the impact we have on each other and the environment.

Equipped with up to ten cameras at once on a project, her photographic style is unique in that she photographs on film, and composes multiple exposures in-camera, with no manipulation in post-production. With a close relationship to the clicks and sounds of the camera’s film advance, she can predict where the layering will take place on the film, which is developed as a continuous strip of images. By building layers, she creates a strong sense of environment while weaving together contrasts and similarities in the subject matter she’s photographing.

Sarah is a National Magazine Awards winner, American Photography and Magenta Flash Forward winner and her work has been published by TIME, The Washington Post, The Globe and Mail. Palmer has exhibited internationally, with an upcoming exhibition of Wish You Were Here at Auckland Festival of Photography.