Sara J. Winston
Sara J. Winston is an artist based in the Hudson Valley region of New York. She works with photographs, text, and the book form to describe and respond to chronic illness and its ongoing impact on her body, mind, family, and memory. In addition to her work at Bard, Sara is on the faculty of the Penumbra Foundation Long Term Photobook Program; a contributor to Lenscratch and the Photo Eye Blog where she writes about photobooks; and a member of Storm King Art Center‘s Accessibility Advisory Committee. She is the author of several photobooks, among them Foibles & Avoidance (National Monument Press, 2024), Shades (Push Pull Editions, 2023) A Lick and a Promise (Candor Arts, 2017) and Homesick (Zatara Press, 2015).
On June 29, 2023, Sara's long-term project about multiple sclerosis care, Our body is a clock, was adapted and published as an op-ed in the New York Times, titled ‘My body is a clock’: The Private Life of Chronic Care.
Selected Publications
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Shades -
Return to the Field -
A Lick and a Promise -
Homesick
Contact and Links
Portfolio Samples
Portfolio Samples
