Lise Sarfati is a French photographer whose work bridges documentary photography and contemporary art. Before achieving international recognition for her later photographic projects, Sarfati established a distinctive practice rooted in long-term observation, cultural research, and an interest in the psychological dimensions of social change. By 1996, she had already emerged as one of the most promising figures in contemporary photography through her innovative documentation of post-Soviet Russia and her rejection of conventional photojournalistic narratives.