Sara Liberte - Photography and Image Fusion

Since graduating from Montserrat College of Art in 1997, Sara Liberte has been a professional photographer specializing in motorcycle and portrait photography. Her photos have appeared in ads, marketing materials and annual reports, as well as leading motorcycle publications including Easy Rider Magazine, In the Wind, Hot Bike, Street Chopper and Iron Works. Her most recent commercial assignment was creating all the photography for GEICO Motorcycle Insurance’s 2007 print ad campaign. She is also staff photography editor for The Cycle Source Magazine.

Besides photography, Sara’s other creative medium is motorcycles themselves. She co-owns and operates RT’s North Hills Cycle Inc. in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There she designs custom paint jobs and custom-builds cycles, in addition to working on motorcycles and managing parts and service.

Sara has been working with motorcycles for the last 10 years. She was recently recognized as one of the leading motorcycle designers and photographer at the Sturgis Rally 2005. House of Kolor, a well-known paint manufacturer, named RT’s North Hills Cycle prestigious painter for 2007 — the most elite award in the custom automotive/motorcycle paint industry.

In 2006 Sara authored the book “How To Repair and Maintain American V-Twin Motorcycles”, published by Motorbooks International. This book is a comprehensive guide to servicing a motorcycle, with useful information for those who have the will to service their rides but lack only the know-how.

Sara’s fine art photography work focuses on “Image Fusion”, a technique she uses to combine images. Her work has been exhibited in several galleries, including Mingo Art Gallery in Beverly, Massachusetts, Blue Ruin Gallery in Pittsburgh and Just Jennifer Gallery In Gettysburg, PA. Sara’s “Woman and Machine” art show was featured at the Belknap Mill Gallery in Laconia, NH for bike week, as well on the Laconia Television show “Riding with Rossi” which aired on the Travel Channel. Sara’s newest Image Fusion photo series “Builder and Machine” has just been released and has garnered favorable media attention in the motorcycle industry. Sara has been displaying her artwork at numerous motorcycle events and shows around the country and is set to be a featured guest at the 2007 Celebrity Motorcycle Builders Breakfast at Daytona Bike Week and the 2007 Sturgis Motorcycle Rally and Races.

Sara’s unique blend of careers and creativity has been profiled in several industry-leading publications, books and television shows:

Guest Speaker for the 15th Anniversary Mid-Atlantic Women’s Motorcycle Rally
Created the photography for the GEICO Motorcycle Insurance 2007 print ad campaign
Guest appearance at the 2006 and 2007 Sturgis Celebrity Motorcycle Builders Breakfast
Featured in a one-hour Speed Channel segment for JPL productions “Cars at Carlisle”
Cover Photograph for “Dave Perewitz, Chopper Master and King of Flames” published by Motorbooks Int.
Featured in the book “Riding High Living Free” by Ralph Sonny Barger
Featured on “American Thunder”, Speed Channel, November 2006
Featured on the 2006 documentary “Invasion of the Motorcycles, Laconia”
Featured on “Corbin’s Ride On”, Speed Channel, July 2006
“Chopping Tom Boy” by Mike Seate, Iron Works, March 2005
“Sara Liberte, the Stuff Dreams Are Made Of”, by Jim Moore, Hot Bike, October 2005
Featured on “Riding with Rossi”, The Travel Channel, September 2005
Featured in the book “Techno Chop” by Mike Seate
“The Moto-Art of Sara Liberte” by Ernie Copper, Easyriders, December 2005
Featured on “Two Wheel Tuesday”, Speed Channel , 2006
“Busted Knuckles” by Sara Liberte, Street Chopper, June 2006
“Master Builder Portraits” by Sara Liberte, Easyriders, August 2006
Featured in Sturgis Rally Magazine 2006
“How to Repair and Maintain American V-Twin Motorcycles” by Sara Liberte, published by MBI publishing.