Sara Markese is a child psychologist by day and a photographer in every spare moment in between. With a decade as a play therapist in NYC and fifteen more years in play therapy since, she is a keen observer of behavior, nuance, affect and detail.

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With her photographs, she lets her eye be caught and emotion and visual wonder guide the image, using simple elements of nature, daily life and common objects, and childhood themes of wonder, hiding, seeking and peeking to create feeling mementos. With a focus on bringing elements of color, light and simple detail to center stage, her photographs show the world in its infinitesimal detail and beauty, conveying the majesty of the miniscule and the extraordinary nature of the ordinary things that go unnoticed in our bustling world.

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She is often a quiet observer, always with camera in hand, moving through the many busy places she has lived. Raised in suburban Chicago, she has lived in NYC, Boston, and now lives in suburban Washington DC.  She teaches creative photography for children with an emphasis on the development of their unique artistic perspective alongside basic photography skills, composition and exploration of different photographic styles.

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She has had her work exhibited at Praxis Gallery, PhotoPlace Gallery, SE Center for Photography, Black Box Gallery, and LoosenArt Gallery in Rome as well as featured in ArtDoc Magazine, several issues of F-Stop Magazine and featured as All About Photo Magazine's Photographer of the Week.