"Expose a child to a particular environment at his susceptible time and he will perceive in shapes of that environment until he dies."
-- Wallace Stegner, from Wolf Willow
Sarah Christianson (b. 1982) is a photographic artist. She grew up on a four-generation family farm near Cummings, North Dakota. Immersed in that vast expanse of the Great Plains, she developed a strong affinity for the landscape and the stories it contains. This experience has had a profound effect on her work, as she enjoys creating narratives about place and personal experience through time, historical research, and the landscape. Her work has been exhibited internationally and can be found in the collections of several institutions in the Midwest and the National Museum of Photography in Copenhagen, Denmark. She received her MFA in photography at the University of Minnesota in May 2009 and has been living in the San Francisco Bay Area since then. Christianson currently teaches photography at City College of San Francisco. She also volunteers at RayKo Photo Center and remains an active member of the Society for Photographic Education.