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CAROLA CAPPELLARI
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Currently in Venice, Italy.
Frequently working in Türkiye and Albania.

For commissions, collaborations, prints contact:


carolacappellari.hello@gmail.com
+ 39 351 718 09 95 (IT)



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Bio

Carola Cappellari is a documentary photographer and facilitator whose work is rooted in autobiographical experiences, drawing inspiration from her life and of those close to her to explore wider themes of identity, family, belonging, and migration. She views photography as a tool for co-creation, engaging in performances, installations, and collaborative practices. 

In 2019 she graduates in Photojournalism and Documentary Photography from the London College of Communication and in 2022 in Human Rights and Migration from the University of Bologna.

In 2023, she earns a scholarship to attend the Jack London Photography and Writing School in Italy and is selected for the Canon Student Development Programme with the project “Sons of the Sun”. In 2024 she is selected for the historical one-year “Bevilacqua La Masa” residency with Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. 

Carola frequently partners with international NGOs and social enterprises to deliver participatory photography workshops that promote cross-cultural understanding, gender equality, and women’s empowerment.





Selected Clients

TIME Magazine, BBC Travel, Al Jazeera English, Middle East Eye, The New Arab, Mulieris Magazine, Huck Magazine, Q-Code Magazine, Nascer do Sol, Taaf Media, Oxfam International, IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, SGDD-Asam, Amal4Education, BeChild Ngo, Komuniteti Papa Xhovani XXIII, Marsea, Margate Bound, We Are Fuori Fuoco, Lensational, Qisetna.


Education | Residencies

2024-25 Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia - Bevilacqua La Masa, art residency

2023 Jack London School of Photography and Literature


2022 Fotofilmic Masterclass with Diana Markosian


2022 Master in Human Rights, Migration and Intercultural Inclusion - University of Bologna, Italy 


2020 Fotofilmic Masterclass with Bieke Depoorter (online)


2019 BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography - UAL London College of Communication  


Awards


2025 Crea Open 2025, finalist

2024 Athens Photo Festival, shortlisted 

2023 Lucie Foundation Emerging Scholarship, honorable mention 

2023 Canon Development Student Programme, 30 finalists 

2023 Jack London School, scholarship recipient

2022 Fotofilmic Masterclass with Diana Markosian - scholarship recipient

2022 Magnum Photos Portfolio Review, selected 

2020 Fringe Arts Bath Festival, selected 

2022 Fotofilmic Masterclass with Bieke Depoorter - scholarship recipient

2019 Aesthetica Next Generation Photographer, nominee

2019 Prints Future Award, winner 



Selected Exhibitions

2025 CREA Cantieri del Contemporaneo - Venice, IT [upcoming 12 April - 27 April]

2025 Artefiera Bologna - Bevilacqua la Masa - Bologna, IT


2024 Mostra de Fotografia e Autores (solo show) - Lisbon, PORT

2024 Mostra de Fotografia e Autores (solo show) - Faro, PORT

2024 Tirana Photo Festival - Tirana, ALB

2022 Casa degli Artisti (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

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 - printed edition

2019 Aesthetica Magazine, “Next Generation Photographers” Issue 90, Aug-Sept 2019


Talks | Teaching

2023 Lensational -  Trainer ‘New Perspectives’ photography programme for emerging women photographers from Ghana, Kenya, Trinidad and Tobago, Spain, Zambia, Guyana. 

2022 La Sapienza University of Rome - Talk Speak Up Jean Monnet Module on gender discrimination and violence I Rome, Italy

2022 Photojournalism Hub -  Talk “Human rights in Frame (Turkey)”, with Özge Sebzeci, Bradley Secker, Noemi Zaltron.

2022 AIYD Turkey - Coordinator 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 - Coordinator Photography Workshop involving Afghan, Syrian and Turkish women | Gaziantep, Turkey

2021 BeChild NGO - Coordinator PhotoLab Workshop involving 12 Syrian refugee children | Gaziantep, Turkey