Sepa Sama
Sepa Sama is a photographer, artist, and Doctor of Arts whose work explores walking as an artistic method and poetic resistance. With a practice spanning continents and over 20 books, Sepa documents the intersection of urban life, movement, and marginalised geographies through black-and-white photography and text-based works. His work operates at the edge of photography, literature, and spatial research, often turning to walking as a way to reclaim presence, observe the overlooked, and invite others to slow down.
Currently based in Sydney, Sepa is developing a body of work documenting the NSW coast—fusing lyrical image-making with philosophical inquiry. His approach is shaped by a commitment to socially engaged art, site-based investigations, and interdisciplinary methods. His influences include Ed Ruscha, Susan Sontag, and Koudelka. Sepa’s goal is to create work that lives across books, exhibitions, and public space—expanding what photography can be in the everyday and offering new frames for collective memory.
