Mythic Portraits
These sessions are a meeting place between photography and inner work. Between the body, the soul, and the deeper currents that are shaping your life.
Through movement, improv, play, and subtle guidance, different aspects of yourself are given space to emerge, as lived energies that wish to be explored into outer form. Whether it is a mythical or archetypal energy you are already wanting to explore in more depth, or if you just want to explore and see what emerges, it’s up to you.
WHAT THIS WORK IS
This is a collaborative, intuitive process shaped by:
Parts work— honoring the many voices and selves within you
Soul-oriented inquiry— what is asking to be seen, expressed, or reclaimed
Mythic and archetypal imagery—the deeper patterns moving through your life
The intelligence of the body and the natural world that want to express through you
We may work with:
Movement and stillness
Improvisation and play
Texture, fabric, or costuming
The landscape as an active participant, not just a backdrop
There is a deep listening guiding the entire process.
WHAT EMERGES
People often meet parts of themselves they didn’t expect including:
The one who longs. The one who knows. The one who aches. The one full of wonder. The magician. The crone. The trickster. The healer who has been afraid to come out.
The one who loves the world. The one who has been afraid to be seen. The one who has always been there all along. Often, these aspects feel ancient. Sometimes they feel tender, exciting, or newly forming. What matters is allowing them to take shape, to be witnessed, and to exist in a way that can be seen and felt.
The images become sacred mirrors, companions, guides, and compasses.
“Myth is not an escape from reality, but a way of seeing more deeply into it.”
— Sharon Blackie
THE EXPERIENCE
Before
We will connect in advance. You’re invited to share what’s moving through you in your life, what you’re curious about, or what feels ready to be explored.
If there are archetypes, dreams, or inner figures you’re already in relationship with, we can include them—but nothing is required. You’re welcome to bring any clothing, costumes, or objects that feel meaningful for you—pieces that carry a mood, a memory, or a sense of who you are becoming.
I also have a collection of costumes and flowing fabrics, scarves, crowns, hats, dresses, and movement pieces, that you can draw from.
During
There is space to arrive, to feel, to listen. I offer gentle guidance, reflections, and invitations. We follow what has energy. You may notice some moments are more still. Some may be playful, strange, or unexpected. All of it belongs. Some people find that working with fabric or simple adornment allows different aspects of themselves to come forward more easily.
After
You receive a curated set of edited images. Many people find themselves returning to them over time, seeing new layers, new meanings, new parts of themselves reflected back.
“Myths and tales are not just entertainment. They are lanterns.”
—Clarissa Pinkola Estes
WHY THIS MATTERS
Myths help us see the deeper patterns in our life and offer us a way of seeing our gifts, understanding our trials, and reconnecting us with our instincts.
Myths are maps
From a depth psychology perspective we are not living random lives— but rather, we have deep undercurrents of archetypal patterns shaping our life. Once we see the myth we are living, it offers us context for what we may be going through. It helps us make sense of what might feel like chaos, it helps us see the deeper reasons for why things are happening in our lives.
Myths give us meaning
These archetypal patterns are expressed through parts of the psyche, through inner voices, impulses, longings, and ways of being.
The human psyche is not singular— but a kaleidoscope of layered, complex, and often contradictory parts. When these inner energies and parts are given space to become embodied— to be really seen, and expressed, something powerful begins to shift. There is a self-recognition that is meaningful and deeply profound.
Place
The land here is a living presence that shapes what is created in our session. I have been wandering and listening to this landscape for twenty years. I have discovered many of the most wondrous places to create in.
The locations I bring you to are not widely known. They are chosen with care for atmosphere, and the depth of feeling they carry.
There is the option to choose between the desert landscapes surrounding Moab, where red rock, open sky, and the ancient stones create an extraordinary backdrop.
Or in the nearby breathtaking mountain forests of the La Sal range. The La Sal’s carry incredible aspen groves with creeks, moss, and an incredible atmosphere of magic. I have spent years discovering the best spots for profound imagery.
“Myth is a way of remembering what the soul already knows.”
— Robert Moss
KIND WORDS
“Sarah created a space that was playful, poignant, and deeply safe, where different parts of myself could arise through experimentation, vulnerability, and wildness. We spoke beforehand about mythical archetypes I was exploring, and I brought a few costumes to work with—but what emerged wasn’t staged. It felt spontaneous, alive, and REAL. Innocent Wonder, Sensual Eros, my Wild Woman, and a grounded, mature Wise Woman all came forward. Seeing the images afterward was awe-inspiring!! I couldn’t stop looking at them. They feel like guides—like a ritual honoring of who I am and who I am becoming.
I’ve never had photos taken of me that captured my soul in the way Sarah’s photos have. Anyone who has the good fortune to work with her is in for a deep journey of remembering and becoming.”
—-Kerry
DETAILS
The Mythic Session
RATE: $1,200
A deep immersion into image, story, and inner self.
We begin before the session, listening for what is asking to be seen or expressed. During our time together, I offer more guidance, helping shape a space where something meaningful can emerge and take form.
Includes:
— 2–3 hour guided session
— Option to choose the landscape that calls to you, desert or forest.
—Pre-session intention setting
— Creative exploration
— 10–25 carefully edited images
The Full Immersion
RATE: $2,200
A more expansive, initiatory experience. This is for those who feel called to go further, to spend time in deeper relationship with the land and their inner world. There is an hour talk session beforehand, and one afterwards to integrate what emerges— as well as multiple outfit changes, inner explorations, and different landscapes, forest and desert.
Includes:
— 6-7 hour guided session
— Option to explore both the forest and the desert
— Two talk sessions, plus multiple photography sessions
— Several locations and many outfit/ costume changes
— Expanded curated image gallery
— Hour long integration session to reflect on the experience afterwards
GALLERIES
YOUR GUIDE
I’ve been a photographer for 20 years, a path shaped by living surrounded by vast wilderness for most my adult life. I have fostered a deep kinship with the natural world, and my work comes from that intimacy and reflects a genuine love for wild places.
My work is also drawn deeply from dreams, imagination, and the mythic realms, where image-making becomes a way of listening to what creative forces and energies want to emerge.
These portrait sessions are a space to step into something more alive, imaginative, instinctive, wild, and soulful, in ways that feel deeply true.
Learn more about me here.
MYTHIC SELF-PORTRAITS
For the past five years, I’ve been exploring mythic self-portrait photography as a way of meeting different parts of myself through land, body, dreams, and imagination. I guide others through this process from my own experience.
