Art reception for Melanie Sartori

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Sara Burgess

"The Places We Leave Behind"

November 2026

Artist Bio / Show Statement: I photograph the traces people leave on the places they pass through. Across continents and decades, my subjects are often the same: weathered surfaces, doorways and thresholds, working people, and the quiet geometry of buildings that have outlasted their builders. My primary medium is black-and-white film, printed in the darkroom. Silver and paper let me hold time still while admitting that time wins anyway. But I have often lived where a darkroom wasn't possible, and in those places I work in digital color. Color is the exception, and it has to earn its place. I turn to...
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Art reception for Melanie Sartori

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Sara Burgess

"The Places We Leave Behind"

November 2026

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Sara Burgess

"The Places We Leave Behind"

November 2026

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