about sarah

Sarah Grounds is a political activist and environmentalist who lives self-sufficiently on a One Planet Development in Southwest Wales with her family.

Originally trained as a musician, Grounds has come relatively recently to photography.

Growing up in a working-class family that did not even think about going to university. Sarah started university at the same time as her eldest son, studying a BA in Documentary Photography and Visual Activism at Swansea College of Art UWTSD. She gained a First-Class degree and won two awards, including a year’s residency at the university. Sarah continued her studies at Swansea, doing an MA in Contemporary Dialogues, expanding her photographic work into installation. Whilst doing her MA, Sarah was awarded the Contemporary Art Society Wales Student Award 2024. 

Sarah has recently finished her MA for which she got a Distinction.

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(Photo by Jodi Evans-Morgan)