AMSTERDAM.- Soledad Senlle Gallery presents the first solo exhibition of Sarah Mei Herman (Amsterdam, 1980). Thresholds and transitions within and between people form a perpetual theme uniting the photography and video work shown in A Wordless Whisper; the child on the threshold of the adult world and the thresholds between individuals. Herman’s intimate portraits explore closeness within the family with a special interest in sibling-relationships. In her photographs and video’s, family members seem to have gentle, loving and tender physical encounters. “The most fragile contact and elusive things between people often seem to exist beyond the reach of language. I am fascinated by relationships between people, the physical closeness between them or what sets them apart and the necessity of this physical proximity to others.” Having grown up as an only child herself, Herman has long been intrigued by the i