Sarah Stellino (American, b. 1992) is a photographer whose work explores intimacy, identity, and legacy. Her photographic practice is greatly informed by using a view camera and she continues the craft and care of each photograph by creating prints by hand in the darkroom. As a gay woman, she was deeply impacted by the power of seeing one's identity reflected in a photograph. From this experience, she is driven by a deep sense of the importance of record-keeping and legacy-making and the impact that can have on future generations.
Her work explores one overarching theme: finding a sense of belonging. In her series, To Be Chosen, she explores the nuance involved in creating her family with her brother as the sperm donor. Her other body of work, Queering Rural Spaces, confronts the erasure of queer culture and its histories in rural areas of the United States in documenting those who live there.
Stellino was a Women Artists Forward Fund Finalist in 2022 and 2024 and has exhibited work across the United States. Her work is featured in the book Memory Orchards: Photographers and their Families by Candela Books. Though she is largely self taught, she has learned from artists such as Jess Dugan, Tim Carpenter, Marc Ohrem-LeClef, and Alan Ross.