Sarah Eckstine is a photographer, writer, and educator from Western Maryland. She is currently based in Central Illinois where she teaches photography at Bradley University. She received her MFA from Illinois State University and her BFA from the Maryland Institute College of Art where she was the recipient of the Jim Burger '82 Senior Thesis Project Award.
Sarah’s work is focused on her life and body as they interact with chronic illness, health, and sexuality. She has interstitial cystitis, a chronic bladder condition, POTS, and was diagnosed with the sexual dysfunctions vaginismus and vestibulodynia after years of being misdiagnosed and not having her pain believed by doctors. She works with the artistic practices of digital and analog photography, alternative processes, and writing to create self-portraits and autobiographical work about the subjects surrounding chronic illness, the pain and pleasure of sex, and her process of healing both physically and mentally.
Her work has been featured in Filter Photo's 'Back on the Shelf' Exhibition in Chicago, Illinois, the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts annual photography exhibition where she received the 2nd Place Juror's Award in 2021, Woman Made Gallery, a two person exhibition at the Central Illinois Regional Airport, and a solo exhibition 'From the Inside' at the Rachel Cooper Gallery in 2023.
In addition to her fine art practice, Sarah is a staff photographer at CaliberTV, providing live coverage of concerts for a wide genre of musical clients.
