Bio
Carola Cappellari is a documentary photographer and educator based between Italy and Turkey. Her work begins autobiographically, with the stories and circumstances of close people and acquaintances providing the inspiration to explore broader notions of identity, mental health, belonging and migration. She is interested in the use of photography as a mode of co-creation, whether through performance, installation or participatory practices. With a background in education, in the past year she has organised photography and storytelling workshops in collaboration with NGOs based in Southeastern Turkey, involving women and children from refugee communities.
Education
2021-2022 Master in Human Rights, Migration and Intercultural Inclusion - University of Bologna, IT
2016-2019 BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography - London College of Communication, UAL
Masterclasses I Folio Reviews
2022 Magnum Photos Portfolio Review with Emin Özmen - online
2022 Masterclass “Diana Markosian: Rewriting a Personal Narrative” - Fotofilmic (partial scholarship)
2020 Masterclass "Bieke Depoorter. The Other as Self: Collaborative Storytelling" - Fotofilmic (partial scholarship)
Talks | Workshops delivered
2022 “Human rights in Frame (Turkey)”, PhotojournalismHub, with Özge Sebzeci, Bradley Secker, Noemi Zaltron.
2022 Through New Lenses, PhotoLab on photography and storytelling involving Syrian teenagers, with a focus on gender equality and women rights | AiYD, Gaziantep, Turkey.
2022 Personal Presentation, Gafsad (Gaziantep Photography Federation), Gaziantep, Turkey
2021 Photography Workshops involving Afghan, Syrian and Turkish women | SGDD ASAM, Gaziantep, Turkey
2021 PhotoLab Workshop involving 12 Syrian children | Kids Rainbow, Gaziantep, Turkey
Group exhibitions
2022 LightLand: una luce per la ricerca, Perimetro, Casa degli Artisti, Milan, IT
2022 Mirror, City Arts Nottingham, The Institute of Mental Health, UK
2022 Introspezioni, ArtaeriaHub, Mo.Sto, Milan, IT
2022 Love & Loss, Tate Modern, London, UK
2021 United in Light, Wembley Park, Wren Agency, London, UK
2021 Online Gallery PhotoGrad, London
2020 The Sensation of Home, Fringe Arts Bath Festival, UK (online)
2020 Portrait of Our Times - A Collection of Modern Realities, Gower St. Gallery, London, UK | 15th January - 28th February
2019 Out from the Mist, Brisbane, AU
2019 Movement, Tate Modern, London, UK
2019 Final Year Show, London College of Communication, London, UK
Online and Printed Publications
2021 “Ser refugiado é como ser um animal numa jaula” - Nascer do Sol Portugal. Words by Felicia Cabrita.
2021 “Garantire un’istruzione inclusiva per i bambini rifugiati siriani” - Opinio Juris. Words by Noemi Verducci.
2021 “Vulnerable Spaces” - Foto Femme United. Words by Andrea Castillo
2020 “Launching your own magazine”. Interview with Anne Nwakalor, founder of No! Wahala Magazine.
2020 AND - Then There Was Us Annual - 2020 edition
2020 “The sensation of home”, Fringe Arts Bath Festival
2019 “Next Generation Photographers”, Aesthetica
Magazine, Issue 90, August/Sept 2019
2021-2022 Master in Human Rights, Migration and Intercultural Inclusion - University of Bologna, IT
2016-2019 BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography - London College of Communication, UAL
Masterclasses I Folio Reviews
2022 Magnum Photos Portfolio Review with Emin Özmen - online
2022 Masterclass “Diana Markosian: Rewriting a Personal Narrative” - Fotofilmic (partial scholarship)
2020 Masterclass "Bieke Depoorter. The Other as Self: Collaborative Storytelling" - Fotofilmic (partial scholarship)
Talks | Workshops delivered
2022 “Human rights in Frame (Turkey)”, PhotojournalismHub, with Özge Sebzeci, Bradley Secker, Noemi Zaltron.
2022 Through New Lenses, PhotoLab on photography and storytelling involving Syrian teenagers, with a focus on gender equality and women rights | AiYD, Gaziantep, Turkey.
2022 Personal Presentation, Gafsad (Gaziantep Photography Federation), Gaziantep, Turkey
2021 Photography Workshops involving Afghan, Syrian and Turkish women | SGDD ASAM, Gaziantep, Turkey
2021 PhotoLab Workshop involving 12 Syrian children | Kids Rainbow, Gaziantep, Turkey
Group exhibitions
2022 LightLand: una luce per la ricerca, Perimetro, Casa degli Artisti, Milan, IT
2022 Mirror, City Arts Nottingham, The Institute of Mental Health, UK
2022 Introspezioni, ArtaeriaHub, Mo.Sto, Milan, IT
2022 Love & Loss, Tate Modern, London, UK
2021 United in Light, Wembley Park, Wren Agency, London, UK
2021 Online Gallery PhotoGrad, London
2020 The Sensation of Home, Fringe Arts Bath Festival, UK (online)
2020 Portrait of Our Times - A Collection of Modern Realities, Gower St. Gallery, London, UK | 15th January - 28th February
2019 Out from the Mist, Brisbane, AU
2019 Movement, Tate Modern, London, UK
2019 Final Year Show, London College of Communication, London, UK
Online and Printed Publications
2021 “Ser refugiado é como ser um animal numa jaula” - Nascer do Sol Portugal. Words by Felicia Cabrita.
2021 “Garantire un’istruzione inclusiva per i bambini rifugiati siriani” - Opinio Juris. Words by Noemi Verducci.
2021 “Vulnerable Spaces” - Foto Femme United. Words by Andrea Castillo
2020 “Launching your own magazine”. Interview with Anne Nwakalor, founder of No! Wahala Magazine.
2020 AND - Then There Was Us Annual - 2020 edition
2020 “The sensation of home”, Fringe Arts Bath Festival
2019 “Next Generation Photographers”, Aesthetica
Magazine, Issue 90, August/Sept 2019