Sarah Pabst is a German-Argentine photographer based in Buenos Aires. In addition to her autobiographical work, she focuses on women, identity, human rights, and environmental issues. As a trained painter, light and color play an essential role in her work. She believes in the power of photography to evoke emotions and connections that lead us to re-think, feel and act, which is an essential part of her change-driven projects.
She is a National Geographic Explorer, a Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting fellow, and member of Ayün Fotógrafas, a collective of eight female photographers united by Latin America. As a member of Women Photograph, she was chosen as a mentor for the 2022 Women Photograph Mentorship Program. Her work has been published in international outlets such as The New York Times, Time, National Geographic, Financial Times Magazine, Washington Post, Le Monde, Der Spiegel and The Wall Street Journal, among others, and Organizations such as the WHO, and her photographs were exhibited worldwide, e.g. in the US, Argentina, Germany, Greece, France and Brasil.
Sarah has received multiple awards, such as Second Photographer of the Year in 203 and 2021 POYLatam, Lensculture Emerging Talent, POYInternational, PHMuseum Women Photographer Grant, Organ Vida and Voies Off Arles, among others. She was an attendee of the New York Times Portfolio Review and the Eddy Adams Workshop and nominated several times for the Joop Swart Masterclass and Leica Oskar Barnak Award.
