Sarah Hadley

Lost Venice






Sarah Hadley has had a special connection with Venice for most of her life. She spent her childhood living in a replica of a Venetian palace, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston, where her father was the director. For eighteen years, she was surrounded by paintings of the likes of Rembrandt, Titan, Whistler and Sargent. In these years, her family made frequent trips to Venice, and she ended up living there in her 20s.

These photographs were made over a four-year period from 2006-2009. They have a dreamy, surreal feel achieved through the use of various lenses and Photoshop. She says, “I see a city clinging to a bygone era and splendor, and I see a Venetian way of life that is rapidly changing while its foundations are eroding.” Although the images are extraordinarily beautiful, to Ms. Hadley they reflect such events as the sudden death of her late father along with the “feelings of loss of my childhood home, and about the fragility and impermanence of all things.”

Lost Venice has been shown at the Griffin Museum of Photography in Boston, the Loyola Museum of Art in Chicago, the Lishui Photo Festival in China, the Worldwide Photography Biennial in Buenos Aires and the Fotofever Art Fair in Paris. It has also been published in magazines and online blogzines.

Ms. Hadley studied art history and photography at Georgetown University and at the Corcoran College of Art. Her work has been frequently exhibited, published and collected in the U.S. and abroad.


Images are archival ink pigment prints

5 x 7 inches (13 x 18 cm.). edition of 11: $750

12 x 18 inches (30 x 46 cm.). edition of 11: $1,100

20 x 30 inches (50 x 76 cm.), edition of 3: $1,600

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Sarah Hadley, Gondola

Gondola, 2007


Sarah Hadley, Fine della Strada

Fine della Strada, 2007


Sarah Hadley, Ascension

Ascension, 2007


Sarah Hadley, San Marco

San Marco, 3007


Sarah Hadley, Night Market

Night Market, 2006


Sarah Hadley, Night Vision

Night Vision, 2006


Sarah Hadley, Escape

Escape, 2007


Sarah Hadley, Palazzo

Palazzo, 2007


Sarah Hadley, Commedia

Commedia, 2006


Sarah Hadley, Grace

Grace, 2006


Sarah Hadley, Pallestrina

Pallestrina, 2006

Sarah Hadley, Abandoned Isle

Abandoned Isle, 2007


Sarah hadley, Topeto

Topéto, 2007


Sarah Hadley, San Michele

San Michele, 2007


Sarah Hadley, Reflections

Reflection, 2007

Sarah Hadley, Under the Arches

Under the Arches, 2007


Sarah Hadley, Awnings

Awnings, 2006

Sarah Hadley, Vaporetto

Vaporetto, 2006


Sarah Hadley, Sunday Morning

Sunday Morning, 2006


Sarah Hadley, Loss

Loss, 2006


Sarah Hadley, On the Lagoon

On the Lagoon, 2006


Sarah Hadley, On the Riva

On the Riva, 2006


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