The New Life explores the intimate and unsettling atmosphere of adolescent transformation through carefully composed portraits and environmental shots. Lise Sarfati captures moments charged with a sense of ambiguity and heightened emotion, reflecting themes of identity and transition.

Photographs in this collection focus on youth in liminal spaces, conveyed through a precise visual approach that balances stillness and tension. The muted color palette and controlled framing deepen the reflective mood, emphasizing the complexity of growing up.

Published by Twin Palms Publishers in 2005, The New Life comprises 120 pages that invite thoughtful engagement with Sarfati’s nuanced photographic narrative.