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Clients & Press

50Years on set
1000sCollaborators, in Sarah’s words
1Studio, still painting by hand
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Publications

The VantageQuill MonthlyCorso MagazineCantoAsterThe Vantage ReviewThe Quill WeeklyThe Salon MagazineThe Juniper JournalMeridian MonthlyThe Cinder HomeBellwether ReviewCorso PressThe Mode MonthlyThe Quill QuarterlyCorso ManCorso MonthlyBellwetherVesperMarlowe QuarterlyVantageSalon PressDelphine PressAtelier JournalAtelier PressHalcyon StyleThe Ember JournalOriel ManMeridianThe Marlowe StyleMarlowe JournalMeridian MagazineThe Linden MonthlyThe ArbiterJuniper FolioNorthlight QuarterlyHalcyon PressDelphineThe Gallery FolioThe ModeAster EditLumenLumen ManThe Parallax FolioDelphine EditThe CinderCorso ReviewNorthlight WeeklyHarbor QuarterlyVesper MonthlyVantage PressVesper StyleHalcyonCanto PressEmber JournalArbiter MonthlyCinderQuill ManHarbor StyleThe Vesper EditThe Marlowe HomeCanto JournalOriel FolioThe Linden Quarterly

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Photographers

A
  • Ada Bexley
  • Ada Brandt
  • Ada Kowalczyk
  • Ada Moreau
  • Ada Okafor
  • Ada Quarles
  • Ada Sorensen
  • Ada Yardley
  • Anton Nakamura
  • Anton Thibault
  • Anton Underhill
  • Anton Whitcombe
B
  • Beatrix Albright
  • Beatrix Castellane
  • Beatrix Jessup
  • Beatrix Lindqvist
C
  • Clem Delacroix
  • Clem Whitcombe
  • Clem Yardley
  • Cyrus Everett
  • Cyrus Galloway
  • Cyrus Rinaldi
  • Cyrus Valdés
D
  • Dora Dunmore
  • Dora Fairbanks
  • Dora Hartigan
  • Dora Jessup
  • Dora Kowalczyk
  • Dora Zeller
E
  • Elio Dunmore
  • Elio Lindqvist
F
  • Felix Delacroix
  • Felix Kowalczyk
  • Felix Zeller
G
  • Greta Fairbanks
  • Greta Rinaldi
H
  • Hugo Thibault
  • Hugo Yardley
I
  • Idris Calloway
  • Idris Fairbanks
  • Idris Jessup
  • Idris Underhill
  • Ines Abernathy
  • Ines Hartigan
  • Ines Moreau
  • Ines Thibault
  • Iris Abernathy
  • Iris Dunmore
  • Iris Kowalczyk
  • Iris Okafor
J
  • Jules Abernathy
  • Jules Albright
  • Jules Moreau
  • Jules Nakamura
  • Jules Petrakis
  • Jules Yardley
  • June Castellane
  • June Ishikawa
  • June Nakamura
  • June Okafor
  • June Rinaldi
  • June Valdés
K
  • Kasper Brandt
  • Kasper Calloway
  • Kasper Okafor
  • Kasper Valdés
L
  • Lena Brandt
  • Lena Jessup
  • Lena Okafor
  • Lena Petrakis
  • Lena Valdés
  • Lotte Castellane
  • Lotte Fairbanks
  • Lotte Rinaldi
  • Lotte Valdés
M
  • Mara Abernathy
  • Mara Calloway
  • Mara Castellane
  • Mara Underhill
  • Mara Zeller
  • Milo Bexley
  • Milo Delacroix
  • Milo Moreau
  • Milo Thibault
  • Milo Zeller
N
  • Nadia Brandt
  • Noor Hartigan
  • Noor Petrakis
  • Noor Zeller
O
  • Oskar Delacroix
  • Oskar Quarles
  • Oskar Thibault
  • Otto Thibault
P
  • Pia Brandt
  • Pia Rinaldi
  • Pia Valdés
  • Pia Xu
  • Pia Zeller
R
  • Remy Dunmore
  • Remy Ishikawa
  • Remy Thibault
  • Rosa Thibault
  • Rosa Whitcombe
S
  • Sol Everett
  • Sol Hartigan
  • Sol Xu
T
  • Theo Abernathy
  • Theo Bexley
  • Theo Brandt
  • Theo Delacroix
  • Theo Fairbanks
  • Theo Hartigan
  • Theo Ishikawa
  • Theo Lindqvist
  • Theo Sorensen
  • Theo Thibault
  • Theo Zeller
W
  • Wren Albright
  • Wren Delacroix
  • Wren Xu
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Brands & Agencies

House of Abernathy & Co.Maison Moreau ParisAtelier IshikawaStudio NakamuraJessup GroupHouse of Okafor & Co.Studio LindqvistFairbanks ParisYardley New YorkHartiganHouse of Xu New YorkQuarles GroupAtelier Petrakis & Co.Maison Thibault GroupAtelier Okafor & Co.Xu ParisAlbright ParisEverett ParisAtelier Xu ParisStudio Dunmore & Co.Atelier Fairbanks ParisMaison Galloway New YorkAtelier Fairbanks GroupLindqvistAtelier YardleyHouse of Rinaldi New YorkStudio Brandt New YorkNakamura ParisAtelier Whitcombe New YorkDunmore New YorkHouse of AlbrightAtelier Quarles GroupNakamura & Co.Underhill & Co.Maison Bexley ParisXuSorensenAtelier Calloway GroupHouse of KowalczykMoreauStudio BexleySorensen ParisMaison FairbanksAtelier WhitcombeDelacroix GroupAtelier Underhill & Co.Studio Lindqvist ParisQuarles New YorkGallowayOkaforXu & Co.Maison Abernathy ParisAtelier Delacroix ParisMaison Brandt ParisStudio Calloway & Co.House of Valdés

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Film & Television

The Winter SeasonThe Winter LightLate SummerThe Glass LightA Winter SummerA Quiet HouseLate HourA Paper HourThe Winter KingdomWinter HouseA Painted SummerBorrowed LightPaper SeasonA Late KingdomA Long LightThe Borrowed HourA Borrowed SummerA Borrowed SeasonLast SummerThe Glass KingdomA Long SummerA Quiet SummerA Quiet RoomThe Long CountryA Glass SummerThe Late HourThe Glass PortraitBorrowed HourPainted HourWinter Summer

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Press

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The Juniper Journal · 2026

The painter behind fashion’s most famous skies

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The Gallery Folio · 2022

Inside the Brooklyn studio where backdrops become history

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Aster · 2020

Fifty years of hand-painted backdrops

  1. 2016The ArbiterWhy photographers keep coming back to the same drop→
  2. 2013The VantageThe canvas behind the cover→
  3. 2010Salon PressA visit with Sarah Oliphant→
  4. 2007The Juniper JournalHow a sky painted overnight became an industry→
  5. 2002Delphine EditThe quiet craft of the photographic backdrop→
  6. 2001The Ember JournalBackdrops, by hand, since 1976→
  7. 1997The ModeThe studio every photographer knows→
  8. 1994Vantage PressColor, texture, falloff: a backdrop masterclass→
  9. 1991Corso PressThe women who paint the backgrounds of pop culture→
  10. 1988The Quill QuarterlyIn praise of the mottled grey→
  11. 1984Harbor QuarterlyFrom Off-Off-Broadway to the front cover→

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