Isabel MacCarthy grew up on the North Norfolk (UK) coast. She graduated from Central Saint Martins in 2021.
Isabel uses photography as a tool to understand the secrets of the universe. Through conversation, curiosity and observation, she photographs humans through worlds true to themselves in both their beauty and discomfort. MacCarthy was selected as one of 30 under 30 Women photographers by ArtPil in 2023, as well as participating in various group exhibitions such as: Unconsumed (The Shoe Factory, Norwich 2024); In The Water (Hackney Wick Bath House, 2024); Extension (The Regency Town House, Brighton 2023); The Big Short (Image Partnership X Blinkink, 2023); The Worm at the Core (SET Woolwich, London 2022); and, Visual Noise (RANKIN Maryland Studio, 2022). Her work has been published by The ToeRag, The Bexley Responder, Dazed, Worms Magazine, AnOther Magazine, The Guardian and SHOWStudio.
