Carlotta Cardana

Carlotta Cardana is an Italian portrait and documentary photographer based in London.

Her recent personal work explores the issues of identity, belonging and community, whether among young Italians living abroad, couples from the Mod subculture or modern American Indians. Her approach to portraiture privileges the subject’s experience and stresses the relationship between people and their environment.

After obtaining a degree in Theatre and Performing Arts and a photography diploma, she lived in Argentina and Mexico City. She now lives and works in London.

Cardana’s work has been featured in numerous festivals and galleries around the world such as ImageSingulieres, Fotografia Festival, Kolga Tbilisi Photo, Photo LA, Noorderlicht Photo. She also regularly works on commission for magazines such as T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Marie Claire, L'OBS, GQ, Rolling Stone Italia.

In 2013, she was named “Discovery of the Year” at the Lucie Awards. She was also among the finalists of the New York Photo Awards and the LensCulture Exposure Award.