Carlotta Cardana Lecture Review

Carlotta is an Italian photographer, currently living in London, creating portrait and documentary work. 

After having studied in Italy and moving to London, she chose her photographic approach to be largely made up of using large format film cameras. Her work has a gorgeous and well considered feel to it which has a subtle indication of being created with a film camera. I believe that her work really does add to her documentary approach and well considered use of light, both natural and artificial. She also entered lots of competitions and received some recognition including receiving some prizes for her work, too.

During the lecture, Carlotta gave lots of fantastic advice to us including 

• 'Weddings are a great practice' - This relates to the fact that weddings are a fast paced event which prepares you for photographing people in different environments in a commercial environment
• Go to the shops to buy print magazines and discover which photographer took the pictures. Use as inspiration for own work and reach out to them. 
• Its important to have good relationships with people and gain connections, too
• Photography is about discovering yourself

Carlotta's Website
carlottacardana.com