Sarah Rhymes with Clara is a revelation of the poetic in the seemingly banal. Paulsen’s theme in this book is her daily life: family, friends, her surroundings and the nude, in locations including Westchester, Block Island and Mabou. Yet as much as Paulsen’s images explore her existence now, children playing Scrabble, freshly cut roses, gamboling dogs, they also concern memory and family history. Paulsen’s colour is hushed and her subjects sometimes subtly blurred, creating effects that hark back to Paulsen’s training as a painter.
Susan Paulsen was born in 1957 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and now lives and works in New York. She received a BA in photography and painting from Ohio Wesleyan University. In 2004 she had a solo exhibition at the Maison Européenne de la Photographie in Paris.
Sarah Rhymes with Clara
Susan Paulsen
Steidl, 2011
UK £34.00
US $48.00
EC €40.00
ISBN: 978-3-86930-244-7
