Bio
Carola Cappellari is a documentary photographer and educator based between Turkey and Europe.
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 and a master in intercultural inclusion, she has collaborated with Lensational, AIYD Turkey and other enterprises to deliver photography and storytelling workshops to women and children from refugee communities.
Selected Publications and Clients
TIME Magazine, BBC, Al Jazeera English, Middle East Eye,
The New Arab, Mulieris Magazine, Huck Magazine, Q-Code,
Nascer do Sol, Then there was us, Aesthetica Magazine,
Foto Femme United, Marsea, Taaf Media, Margate Bound
Education
2023 School of Photography and Literature Jack London
2019 BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography - UAL London College of Communication
Awards
2023 Lucie Foundation Scholarship, honorable mention
2023 Canon Development Student Programme, finalist
2023 Jack London School, full scholarship
2022 Magnum Photos Portfolio Review, selected
2020 Fringe Arts Bath Festival, selected
2019 Aesthetica Next Generation Photographer, nominee
2019 Prints Future Award, winner
Talks | Teaching
2023 Lensational - ‘New Perspectives’ photography training programme for emerging women photographers
2022 La Sapienza University of Rome - Speak Up Jean Monnet Module on gender discrimination and violence I Rome, Italy
2022 Photojournalism Hub - “Human rights in Frame (Turkey)”, with Özge Sebzeci, Bradley Secker, Noemi Zaltron.
2022 AIYD Turkey - PhotoLab on photography and storytelling involving Syrian teenagers, with a focus on gender equality and women rights | Gaziantep, Turkey.
2022 GAFSAD - Personal Presentation | Gaziantep, Turkey
2021 SGDD ASAM - Photography Workshops involving Afghan, Syrian and Turkish women | Gaziantep, Turkey
2021 Kids Rainbow - PhotoLab Workshop involving 12 Syrian refugee children | Gaziantep, Turkey
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Perimetro - LightLand: una luce per la ricerca, Milan, IT
2022 The Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham, UK
2022 ArtaeriaHub, Introspezioni, Milan, IT
2022 Tate Modern, Love & Loss, London, UK
2021 Wembley Park, United in Light, Wren Agency, London, UK
2021 PhotoGrad Online Gallery, London
2020 Fringe Arts Bath Festival, The Sensation of Home, UK (online)
2020 Gower St. Gallery - A Collection of Modern Realities, London, UK
2020 MIFWA, Out from the Mist, Brisbane, AU
2019 Tate Modern, Movement, London, UK
2019 London College of Communication, London, UK
Publications | Press
2023 TIME Magazine - “How the Turkey earthquake gave Syrians a taste of freedom”. Words by Stefania D’Ignoti
2021 Foto Femme United - “Vulnerable Spaces . Words by Andrea Castillo
2020 Then There Was Us - 2020 edition
2019 Aesthetica Magazine, “Next Generation Photographers” Issue 90, August|Sept 2019
TIME Magazine, BBC, Al Jazeera English, Middle East Eye,
The New Arab, Mulieris Magazine, Huck Magazine, Q-Code,
Nascer do Sol, Then there was us, Aesthetica Magazine,
Foto Femme United, Marsea, Taaf Media, Margate Bound
Education
2023 School of Photography and Literature Jack London
2022 Master in Human Rights, Migration and Intercultural Inclusion - University of Bologna, Italy
2019 BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography - UAL London College of Communication
Awards
2023 Lucie Foundation Scholarship, honorable mention
2023 Canon Development Student Programme, finalist
2023 Jack London School, full scholarship
2022 Magnum Photos Portfolio Review, selected
2020 Fringe Arts Bath Festival, selected
2019 Aesthetica Next Generation Photographer, nominee
2019 Prints Future Award, winner
Talks | Teaching
2023 Lensational - ‘New Perspectives’ photography training programme for emerging women photographers
2022 La Sapienza University of Rome - Speak Up Jean Monnet Module on gender discrimination and violence I Rome, Italy
2022 Photojournalism Hub - “Human rights in Frame (Turkey)”, with Özge Sebzeci, Bradley Secker, Noemi Zaltron.
2022 AIYD Turkey - PhotoLab on photography and storytelling involving Syrian teenagers, with a focus on gender equality and women rights | Gaziantep, Turkey.
2022 GAFSAD - Personal Presentation | Gaziantep, Turkey
2021 SGDD ASAM - Photography Workshops involving Afghan, Syrian and Turkish women | Gaziantep, Turkey
2021 Kids Rainbow - PhotoLab Workshop involving 12 Syrian refugee children | Gaziantep, Turkey
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Perimetro - LightLand: una luce per la ricerca, Milan, IT
2022 The Institute of Mental Health, Nottingham, UK
2022 ArtaeriaHub, Introspezioni, Milan, IT
2022 Tate Modern, Love & Loss, London, UK
2021 Wembley Park, United in Light, Wren Agency, London, UK
2021 PhotoGrad Online Gallery, London
2020 Fringe Arts Bath Festival, The Sensation of Home, UK (online)
2020 Gower St. Gallery - A Collection of Modern Realities, London, UK
2020 MIFWA, Out from the Mist, Brisbane, AU
2019 Tate Modern, Movement, London, UK
2019 London College of Communication, London, UK
Publications | Press
2023 TIME Magazine - “How the Turkey earthquake gave Syrians a taste of freedom”. Words by Stefania D’Ignoti
2021 Foto Femme United - “Vulnerable Spaces . Words by Andrea Castillo
2020 Then There Was Us - 2020 edition
2019 Aesthetica Magazine, “Next Generation Photographers” Issue 90, August|Sept 2019