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, and Horst P. Horst, and had a natural flair for glamour and showmanship. Sage remembers lying on the bed, watching as her mother dressed up and got ready to go out for the evening."I remember lying on the bed with the dogs and watching her. She was very theatrical. She would point out all her flaws, and I was mesmerised by the whole thing," Sage says."When I started photographing as a young adult, I thought that what I was doing was entirely different from fashion photography.
During her college years, Sage began to explore the narrative possibilities of photography and the concept of it as an art form in its own right."Tod Papageorge was a visiting artist during my senior year, and it was an unbelievably lucky break," Sage says."He was incredibly eloquent about the medium. He somehow made me feel not only that I wanted to become a photographer, but also that it was possible for me.
by Chauncey Hare, Sage felt a burning ambition to make original photographs. In 1979, she embarked on ."I had a vision of the world that I wanted to show in pictures, but I couldn't have put it into words, but when I went out with my camera, I knew what I was looking for," she says."At that time, photographic road trips, trips were a rite of passage for photographers, like Robert Frank when he did .
Instead, Sage regularly took 1-2 week trips on the road where she could escape the distractions of daily life and fully immerse herself in the practice of environmental portraiture. During the winter, she headed south, where it was easier to find people hanging outside, with greater spontaneity than setting up indoor photo sessions."Photography gives you license to talk to people and is a wonderful entrée into other people's lives.
No matter where Sage travelled, children and teens welcomed her interest in their lives."It's best making a picture with people when it's a form of collaborative play," she says."A certain kind of enthusiasm can be infectious, and people understand that there's something you find compelling about them, and they respond to that.
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