Sakara Birdsong (b. 1991; California) is a Bay Area native with deep ties to both Oakland and San Francisco. An autodidact by nature, Birdsong’s focus lies mainly in medium format and Polaroid portraiture. Her creative work traverses complexities of intimacy and mental health, processed through the lens of trauma, “beautiful and monstrous in the very same moment.” Her work pushes the boundaries of film, melting fluidly between reality and the surreal.⁠