Biography

Sabine Hess (b. 1994), is a Swiss / German photographer, living and working in Biel/Bienne. She graduated from UAL London College of Communication in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography in 2022. Her photographic practice centers around intimate narratives and notions of home, belonging, loss, and memory.
 
Alongside her documentary projects, Hess has experience in editorial and portraiture photography. Clients include FT Weekend Magazine, PORT Magazine and M le Magazine du Monde. Her first book You Felt the Roots Grow was shortlisted for the Star Photobook Dummy Award and was published by Ciao Press and Witty Books in 2023.

Awards

– 2022, SPM Alumni Scholarship, Sicily, Italy, Winner
– 2022, Vfg Young Talent Award, Shortlist

Exhibitions

– 2023, One Bed, Two Blankets - A manifesto for living together, a collaboration with Nicolas Polli, Solo Show, Verzasca Foto Festival, CH
– 2023, Fracture, Sicily Photoroad Festival, Group Show, Gibellina, IT
– 2023, INDEX NATURAE, Osservatorio Mobile Nord Est, Group Show, Castelfranco, IT
– 2023, You Felt the Roots Grow, Ordinary Man, Solo Show, Lausanne, CH
– 2022, You Felt the Roots Grow, vfg Young Talent Award, Group Show, IPFO, Olten, CH

Publications

– You Felt the Roots Grow, 2023, published by Ciao Press & Witty Books