About the Artist

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Sara Victoria Sandberg is an internationally renowned photo artist based in Stockholm who combines her own photography with digital painting. Sara has developed a personal style of working with light and shadow to shape the vision she has into a finished artwork. Here is where photography and artistic creativity melt together. Sara has a long-standing background in watercolour painting and her painterly thinking is an integral part of the creative process.

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Sara’s artwork is characterized by beauty, mystery, storytelling, and sometimes wit combined. To create artistry that transcends the boundaries of reality in images that evoke feelings and thoughts in the viewer is an essential motivator. Animals are often used as a vehicle to carry a story forward. The main source of inspiration is always nature, personal feelings, and the inspiration of a moment.

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Sara has been represented at exhibitions both at home and abroad. Her artwork has received numerous international accolades and publications. To mention some major awards, Sara won 1st Prize in the Monochrome Awards 2022 in Photo Manipulation, Bronze in the Prix de la Photographie both in 2022 and 2023 in Fine Art Collage, was runner-up in the EIZO Story Art Photographic Prize in the international category in 2022, Gold, Silver and Bronze winner in the Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022, became 1st place winner of the prestigious International Photo Awards (IPA) 2023 in the category Fine Art Collage, 1st place winner in the 21st Julia Margaret Cameron Awards 2023 in Digital Manipulation and Collage and was awarded 1st prize in the Swedish Championship of Photography 2023 in the category Digital Illustration.

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