SARAH LOUISE
JOHNSON
A photographer with an interesting eye for narrative whilst still creating
stunning photographs, Sarah Louise Johnson was an equally compelling
person to interview.
W
hy were you
drawn to
fashion
photography?
Sarah Louise Johnson: I
actually have no idea, I have
always been creative but
was persuaded to go down
a more academic route
early on. I went to Lancaster
University to study English
Literature and German but I
was just miserable. Although
I enjoyed creative writing, it
wasn’t the same. I think I am
a very visual person and I
really missed art. I switched
courses to Graphic Design as
“I used to drive
all over the
countryside
around the
university taking
pictures and
editing them in
Photoshop, it
consumed most
of my time.”
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some kind of middle ground
compromise but I still
wasn’t really happy. I stuck
it out but in my final year
borrowed one of the cameras
(it was an all in one Canon
compact) and I used to drive
all over the countryside
around the university taking
pictures and editing them
in Photoshop, it consumed
most of my time by the end
of my final year. I started
mostly with flowers, water
and landscapes and then
moved on to self portraits. A
year after university, I moved
to London and it just went
from there really. I had no »
idea what I was doing, I just
felt I was going to become
a photographer at the
time. I did modelling and
promotions to get by and
worked on my portfolio as
much as I could. I genuinely
had no idea how to make
it happen, it was just
something inside me that
knew it would. I dont think
you can fight your calling.
Did you experiment with
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