Sara Armas started studying darkroom photography at age twelve and eventually finished a BFA in 2006 from Maine College of Art. In 2014, she finished an MA in photography from Barry University and an MA in art history at Oklahoma State University in 2017. She is currently based in Maine, but has been "on the road" for three years photographing a documentary on Vanlife Culture. Sara’s work has come to focus generally on women’s issues, interrogating the truths and fictions of collective and individual memory and identity against the urban or natural landscapes she encounters in her travels. She has also explored alternative processes and shot for humanitarian purposes. Past exhibitions include the ICA, Art Basel, Lens Culture Online, SeeMe, and Loosen Art Rome. She has also presented her work at MOCA Miami, was published as a finalist in Photography Forum’s Best of 2015, and has published a scholarly article in the Royal Photographic Society Journal (London, 2016).
