The photographs of Lise Sarfati’s series ‘The New Life’ are not based on film, but on Dante’s ‘La Vita Nova’. To me, the narrative feel of this work suggests a cinematic timeline, and in her interview Ms. Sarfati remarks (English translation from French) “The series is made as a moment that sits between two concepts. There is an intangible concept a hesitation…an indecisiveness that is developed here. I think they are between two states of mind…”
Lise Sarfati from FLY16x9 on Vimeo.