SLR BIO
Sarah Louise Ramsay started her career assisting in the 90’s both on location and in studios all over London. The award-winning personal projects she created back then in Cuba and Australia were the catalysts for her first advertising commissions, and since then her work as a photographer has taken her all over the world. She has spent years precariously leaning out of cars whilst shooting other vehicles, climbed dunes in Australia for British Airways and had a camera smashed out of her hand by a rearing horse at the San Juan Festival in Minorca. She sometimes describes her work as a never-ending series of adventures including fending off the advances of a renegade cowboy, hanging out of a helicopter shooting salmon in Scottish Lochs for Waitrose, sleeping in a swag bag in Australia’s Snowy mountains whilst photographing Brumbies and of course raising her three amazing daughters. Over the years she has continued to win numerous awards, and in 2021 she was exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, 2022 at the Venice International Art Fair and in 2024 two solo shows at the Omnibus Theatre in London and more recently a headlining group show at the ‘Head On’ festival in Sydney,Australia.
Personal work means everything to Sarah. ‘When I get out there and shoot with only a lightweight portable studio in a backpack, well then I am in my happy place”
She thrives when she is able to empower, push boundaries and expectations. Her recent return to Cuba was both an adventure and a way to honour a strong connection to people around water, something she has been exploring for the last few years.
“I believe in empowering people, within their chosen communities, to be who they want to be, regardless of social judgement or diplomatic struggles.”
CLIENTS Accessorise, AMV BBDO, Austin Reed, British Airways, Cape Cove, Caterpillar, Daihatsu, Eat out group, Farlows, Fusion, Galeforce, Hera, Hyundai, Huggle, Interspar, JHP Design, John Lewis, Kevlar, Landrover, Leo Burnett, Maximart, M&C Saatchi, National Autistic Association, On The Hill, O2, Paris Baguette, Peugeot, Pizza Express, Railtrack, RM Williams, Rock Luggage, Rouge Rapide, PWC, Renault, Reutz, Saatchi and Saatchi, Somerfield, TCP, The Wydling, Volvo, Waitrose,
AWARDS 2024-PX3 Paris Photo- Bronze winner. 2024- PINK LADY Awards - Short listed. 2024- 17th COLOR Awards - 3 x images selected as Nominees. 2023 - 38th AOP Awards Finalist for THE LAST FEW series in both Documentary And Portrait series. 2023 - IPA Awards- Official Selection and Honourable mentions for THE LAST FEW series in Editorial/Press photo story/Feature story. 2021- IPA Award- 3rd place winner and honourable mentions for WILD WATER WOMEN series in Advertising, Self Promotion and Deeper Prospective categories.
EXHIBITIONS 2024-THE LAST FEW series at the HEAD ON open air Exhibition on Bondi Beach,Sydney. 2024-November-Group show with PX3 at Gallery24b, Paris. 2024- February- Solo Exhibition of WILD WATER WOMEN series at the Omnibus Theatre, London. 2024- January- Solo exhibition of THE LAST FEW series at the Omnibus Theatre, London.
Previous exhibitions in London- Soho house, AMV BBDO, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, AOP, Royal Academy Summer exhibition