Sabrina Staires lives and works in Tesuque, NM.

Sabrina is a fine art and portrait photographer.  She uses multimedia and photographic processes to honor the earth, our humanity, and divine feminine energy.  Her work addresses themes of beauty and truth that lie within our earth, the healing essence of outside living, American capitalism, and the effects of a patriarchal society on women.  These themes are often expressed with an air of mysticism.

She began her career 27 years ago in analog photography, studying with photojournalists, assisting commercial photographers, while managing commercial darkrooms and studios. 

Sabrina developed her own business model as a freelance photographer - photographing documentary and editorial projects for the City of Kansas City Mayor’s Office, Kansas City Star Newspaper, advertising agencies, Pitch Magazine, and as well as private commissions.  When she began freelancing Sabrina printed her images in her basement darkroom, in a midtown duplex, as a single mom.

Sabrina owned and curated  Landon Gallery in the Crossroads Arts District of Kansas City.  Her project Echo received the ArtKC inspiration grant.  The Elephant Parade was given the Arts Through Architecture award appearing on billboards in downtown Kansas City.  She received an ADDY (American Advertising Association) for Color Photography.  Several pieces from Sabrina’s multiple collections have shown in galleries throughout the United States and are owned privately.

 She was Environmental artist-in-residence within her own community and within the University setting teaching and lecturing on finding voice within project development. She has also been an advisor to many developing photographers. 

Sabrina grew up in the oil industry economy of Oklahoma. Her father was one of the first environmental scientists practicing industrial waste cleanup in middle America. This informed her view of the environment at an early age.