PENUMBRA WORKSPACE PROGRAM | NYC | 2021
Sophie Barbasch
Through Sophie’s work, we are witness to a very intimate connection between her and her subject. There is an ambiguity in these images, and we are left with little to no answers, but with a visual vocabulary of isolation and beauty, where the subjects' gestures and body language are our only link into his world.
–Milagros de la Torre (Artist, Member of the 2021 Jury).
Image © Sophie Barbasch. Courtesy of the artist.
“[… ] A family is a shifting conglomeration of narratives and feelings, just as each individual is constantly evolving and adapting. After an 8-year estrangement from my father, I let him back into my life. In the interim, I bonded with my younger cousin Adam, who I could not help but feel was like my double. Looking at him brought me back into the fault lines of my childhood; he was an entry point into storylines that I needed to rewrite through my own lens. [ …]”
Sophie Barbasch is a New York based photographer. She earned her MFA in photography from the Rhode Island School of Design and her BA in Art and Art History from Brown University. Selected grants and residencies include the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Blue Mountain Center, and a Fulbright Fellowship to Brazil.
