Sarah Jones, The Living Room (Curtain) (i), 2003. 150 x 150 cm. All images courtesy Violette Editions
From the dominating silence of her images of psychoanalysts’ consulting rooms in the Nineties, to the awkward postures and faces of her studies on adolescent girls, it might be thought that the London-based photographer Sarah Jones draws pleasure from making her audience feel uncomfortable. Her images have always had a real depth of colour to them, making the works as rich in tone as they are in emotion, engulfing the viewer in the difficult beauty the photos hold.
Perhaps that accounts for why it’s taken the photographer the span of her 18-year-long career to find a publisher capable of handling the depth of her work. However, Violette Editions have put together a book that showcases her unique gaze, in both old and new and some never-before-seen works. Here her images are presented as individual art pieces, rather than being run together as series. There’s no discomfort in the sequence and presentation of her works in this carefully designed book, and no sense of being overwhelmed, as one might be with Jones’ individual images. The book includes critical texts by Brian Dillon and David Campany, and an interview with A.M. Homes.
Taken from Sleek 39 “Future / Perfect”.
Sarah Jones will be signing copies of the book at The Photographers Gallery, London, this Friday 29th November from 5 – 7pm. More information can be found here