Doek photographer in residence – Sara Anke Morris

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Sara Anke Morris photography

Strong music calls for strong images, and many, many jazz photographers have enriched our understanding of the art by capturing the way improvised action looks in the moment. The Doek festival and Doek’s musicians are grateful to the many photographers who have documented music on our stages over the years. To officially recognize the contribution such visual artists make, in 2015 the festival named the first Doek Photographer in Residence, Sara Anke Morris.

Belgium-born Sara Anke Morris says ‘I think I’m an intuitive photographer.’ There is a quiet curiosity in her work; she lets things come to her, unhurried. A natural improviser, Morris looks for the inherent grace in the unplanned and unposed. She captures the fleeting moment, framing it with strength and imagination. Her photographs grasp the deeper reality behind the action, one a live audience may fail to notice at the instant that action unfolds.