Sarah James Eddy (May 3, 1851 – March 29, 1945)[1][2] was an American artist and photographer who specialized in the platinotype process, also known as platinum prints.

[3] She was active in abolition, reform, and suffragist movements,[4] and was a philanthropist as well as instrumental in the founding of the Rhode Island Humane Society.

[3] In 1894, Eddy wrote and illustrated a short article "A Good Use for the Camera" for The American Annual of Photography.

In the article, Eddy concludes that the personal interactions she had with her photographic subjects were as rewarding as the finished images.

[2] An animal welfare activist and vegetarian,[13] Eddy founded the Rhode Island Humane Education Association.

[14] Eddy, who never married, died in her Bristol Ferry, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, home,[15] on March 29, 1945, at age ninety-three.