Carlotta Cardana is an Italian editorial and commercial photographer based in London. In her personal practice, she looks at how communities are affected by economic upheaval and oppression, indigenous spirituality, the relationship between humans and their environment and at how one’s identity is shaped by the society and space he/she inhabits, such as among minorities or subcultures.
Carlotta’s work has been awarded and exhibited in numerous international galleries and festivals (see below) and is included in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery and the Parliamentary Art Collection. A selection of images from The Red Road Project is on permanent display at the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
Clients include: T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Bloomberg, AFAR, De Volkskrant, L’OBS, The Telegraph Magazine, Financial Times, British Journal of Photography, Marie Claire, Domus, D Repubblica, Vanity Fair Italia.
More about Carlotta and her work here:
The Red Road Project on World Photography Organization
The Red Road Project On Fotoroom
The Red Road Project on NBC Universal
SELECTED AWARDS
2020 Nominee, Joop Swart Masterclass
2019 Winner, Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards
2018 Nominee, Prix Pictet
2016 Honourable mention, Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize
2016 Winner, The Fence Photoville 2016
2014 Winner, PDN Photo Annual, Personal projects
2013 Winner, New York Photo Awards
2013 Winner, Discovery of the Year, Lucie Awards
2013 Winner, Association of Photographers Open Awards
2013 Winner, International Photography Awards, People – Portrait category
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2021 The Red Road Project (solo exhibition), Washakie Museum, Worland, WY, USA
2020 14days SHN, INSTINC gallery, Singapore
2019 Addressing the Statue, American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA
2019 The Red Road Project (solo exhibition), Museo Del Paesaggio, Verbania, Italy
2019 209 Women, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2018 209 Women, Portcullis House, Westminster Palace, London, UK
2018 The Red Road Project (solo exhibition), Carl Schurz Haus, Freiburg, Germany
2018 The Red Road Project (solo exhibition), Cortona On The Move, Italy
2017 Dialogue of Cultures, State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
2017 The Red Road Project (solo exhibition), German-American Institute, Tubingen, Germany
2017 The Way Back, Centre de Photographie Contemporaine Le Bleu Du Ciel, Lyon, France
2017 Una Y Otra, Espacio El Dorado, Bogotà, Colombia
2017 The Red Road Project (solo exhibition), Galerie Intervalle, Paris, France
2017 Emerging European Talents, Festival Circulations, Paris, France
2016 Collection Isabelle Darrigrand, Landskrona Foto, Landskrona, Sweden
2015 The Red Road Project (solo exhibition), Fonderia 20.9, Verona, Italy
2015 Modern Couples (solo exhibition), ImageSingulières, Sete, France
2015 Modern Couples (solo exhibition), Sputnik Kino, Berlin, Germany
2014 An Ocean of Possibilities | Subcultures, Noorderlicht Photofestival, Holland
2014 Encuentros Abiertos, Soirées Fotograficas, various venues, Argentina
2014 Best Photos of the Year, Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Tbilisi, Georgia
2014 MOPLA Group Show, Month of Photography Los Angeles, Basecamp, Los Angeles, USA
2014 The Eyes Collection #1, Galerie Intervalle, Paris, France
2014 New York Photo Awards, The Powerhouse Arena, New York, USA
2013 Association of Photographers Awards, B3, The Truman Brewery, London, UK
2013 156 International Print Exhibition, Royal Photographic Society, various venues, UK