Carlotta Cardana
London, United Kingdom
Carlotta Cardana is an Italian editorial and commercial photographer based in London, having previously lived in Italy, Argentina and Mexico. 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 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, LinkedIn, WeWork.
2019 - Kuala Lumpur Photo Awards, 2018 - Prix Pictet, 2016 - Dorothea Lange–Paul Taylor Prize, 2016 - The Fence Photoville, 2014 - PDN Photo Annual, 2013 - New York Photo Awards, 2013 - Discovery of the Year, 2013 - Association of Photographers Awards
- Editorial
- Interior
- Interview
- Landscape
- Portrait
- Video capture
- Video editing
Evereta and her Mustang
Carlotta Cardana
From the series "The Red Road Project"
Evereta Thinn, 30 (at the time of photograph), is photographed in Monument Valley with her Ford Mustang. The car was given to her as a gift by her brother, who passed away shortly afterwards, and became her most sentimental possession and a way of honoring her brother. This Diné (Navajo) woman works in the education system with hopes of one day opening up a cultural and language immersion school for her people.
Jarrod after the rodeo
Carlotta Cardana
From the series "The Red Road Project".
Jarrod Ferris, Eastern Shoshone and Arapaho, lives on Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. He has been riding bulls since he was a young boy. “I hope to become a World Champion one day so I can buy my mom a house.”
Edison
Carlotta Cardana
From the series "The Red Road Project".
Edison Dardar belongs to the Isle de Jean Charles band of Biloxi-Chitimacha-Choctaw Indians in the deep bayous of Louisiana. The tiny island he resides is slowly disappearing into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico due to coastal erosion caused by oil dredging and hurricanes, yet Edison refuses to leave the island to seek higher ground. He has specialized in catching shrimp by cast net his entire life. “I used to catch about 300 pounds per day and now I’m lucky if I get enough for dinner”. The tiny levee that encompasses the island helps to keep out water from small currents and tidal forces, but it has also displaced the major food source for the community: fish, crab and shrimp.