Sarina Finkelstein received her BFA in Photography from Washington University in Saint Louis, MO and her MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in New York. She was selected as an American Photography 29 CHOSEN Winner, as a Finalist for the “Developed Work” National Photography Fellowship by the Midwest Center for Photography, a Critical Mass Finalist and one of 100 photographers to participate in Review Santa Fe. Her current work is an exploration of modern-day gold prospectors in California which has been featured in Smithsonian Magazine, the London Telegraph's Sunday magazine, SEVEN, Italian Amica, German Fluter, on WIRED Raw File, New York Times Lens, TIME.com, PDN's Photo of the Day, NPR.org, Discover Magazine’s Visual Science, Feature Shoot and Conscientious photo blogs. Finkelstein has exhibited in solo shows at RayKo Photo Center, the Weitman Gallery in St. Louis, MO and Newspace Center for Photography in Portland, OR and in group shows at Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Midwest Center of Photography, and the Dali International Photography Exhibition in Yunnan, China. Finkelstein lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband, fellow photographer David Leventi.
