Sarah Stolfa

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Sarah Stolfa (born 1975) is an American contemporary artist, photographer, and musician.

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Biography

Stolfa attended Drexel University's photography program and graduated from Yale University's MFA program in 2009. Stolfa's most recognizable series, 'The Regulars', won her The New York Times Photography Contest for College Students in 2004. [1]

As a bartender at Philadelphia’s McGlinchey’s Tavern, Stolfa began to photograph her regulars opposite the bar. Her carefully composed, large-scale color prints express the intimacy and sincerity in worker and patron relationships. Furthermore, Stolfa’s images confront a social commentary on the urban bar experience with the isolated subjects and their props, namely, ashtrays, mugs, and money. Stolfa creates powerful portraits of the diverse group of regulars in a way that is reminiscent of Seventeenth Century Dutch paintings in their color, lighting, and decipherable detail. [2]

Stolfa had a solo show at the Pearlstein Gallery at Drexel University in 2004.

Stolfa is the Executive Director of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, a non-profit organization which opened in the late summer of 2009. [3]

Stolfa also played Farfisa organ in the Delta 72 in the late 90s.

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References

  1. https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9905EEDC1E31F930A25755C0A9629C8B63 The Regulars Published June 13, 2004
  2. "Bruce Silverstein Gallery". Archived from the original on January 27, 2005. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
  3. "Philadelphia Photo Arts Center".

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