A dynamic photographic twist of mind, body and machine. Sara Liberte melts a person’s soul and the spirit of a motorcycle
together in her art of Image Fusion.

To understand people and capture the soul that drives them is a gift granted to us in glimpses by Sara. She turned her passion for art and motorcycles into pieces she dubs Image Fusion. Along with one of her latest IF projects, Builder & Machine, she spends time as the photography editor of Cycle Source magazine and maintains her online showroom of work. Her photography has been displayed in galleries and donned the pages of national motorcycle magazines including Easy Rider, In the Wind and Iron Works. Sara's had her sites set on visual art beginning with her degree in photography from Montserrat College of Art in 1997.  

But there's another side to Sara: custom bike builder! She was born into a family with a strong mechanical backbone. Sara spent most of her time growing up getting hands on training in the family’s steel fabrication shop, and assisting with the builds of hot rods and muscle cars. In fact, her 16th birthday present was a 1966 Ford Mustang “basket case” which she restored with the guidance of her father and brother. Soon to follow, she got a taste of the wind riding around on an ATV, which sparked her interest in motorcycles. Sara dove right in to hone her motorcycle mechanical skills by revamping and rebuilding her 1978 Harley-Davidson XLCR Cáfe Racer she purchased after college. With Sara's knowledge and skill, she was destined to become co-owner and co-operator of RT's North Hills Cycle in Pennsylvania, where she and her partner, Ron Tonetti, pour their heart and soul into building custom choppers from the ground up.

It would be hard not to envy Sara, but she reveals that her life is not all "glitz and glam"... working in a garage can be a very tough, thankless job. Perhaps that's why she has the unique ability to capture the essence in a photograph of hard-working people just like herself. Whatever reason it might be, she has indeed uniquely placed herself in a world where art and machines truly blend together. Her life is art and she rides it.

Catch Sara at her next event where she will be holding a seminar on her new book, How to Repair and Maintain American V-Twin Motorcycles (a book too -- yes we know she is amazing!) and displaying her artwork at the Carlisle Summer Bike Fest on July 21-23 in Carlisle, PA.  And if you haven't already, buy a piece from her Image Fusion gallery while they're still affordable (we did) because they're certain to become a collector's item!
www.saraliberte.com

www.northhillscycle.com