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Carlota Guerrero

Carlota Guerrero
Born1989 (age 34–35)
Years activePhotographer
Websitecarlotaguerrero.com

Carlota Guerrero (born 1989 in Barcelona) is a Spanish photographer, filmmaker, and art director[1] known for exploring themes of femininity and bodily autonomy.[2][3]

Early life

Guerrero was born and raised in Barcelona. She took an interest in the visual arts during her adolescence but only started teaching herself photography in her early 20s after being gifted a camera by a friend.[citation needed]

Career

Guerrero rose to fame in 2016 after Solange Knowles, discovered Guerrero's photography on her Instagram page and hired her to photograph the cover for A Seat at the Table[4] and When I Get Home.[5][6][7] They also collaborated on music videos. Other celebrities she has photographed are Penélope Cruz,[8] Arca, Sita Abellan,[9][10] and Rosalia,[11] Emilia Clarke, and Rupi Kaur. She has also worked with brands and labels such as Dior, Nike, Paloma Wool, Givenchy, Mugler, and Helmut Lang.[12][13] At Art Basel in 2019, Guerrero staged a performance emulating an orgy including 30 people in collaboration with Desigual. The performance was well-received.[14][15] In 2021, her photo series Mujeres negras (Black Women) was exhibited at the National Art Museum of Catalonia. The pieces, which reflect on racism in Spain, feature Black models posed among marble sculptures at an art gallery. Proceeds were donated to refugee and immigrant women affected by structural racism.[16] That year, she also published her first book, Tengo un Dragón Dentro del Corazón: la fotografía de Carlota Guerrero (I Have a Dragon Inside My Heart: Photography by Carlota Guerrero) with Prestel.[17][18]

References

  1. ^ "Modapedia de Carlota Guerrero". Vogue (in Spanish). 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  2. ^ "Carlota Guerrero's Photography Embraces the Ethereal Woman". W Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  3. ^ "Carlota Guerrero, la artista que entiende la desnudez como una búsqueda de la verdad". Vogue España (in European Spanish). 2021-06-03. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  4. ^ Urzaiz, Begoña Gómez (2016-10-05), La española que susurra en el oído de Solange | Actualidad, Moda | S Moda EL PAÍS (in Spanish), retrieved 2022-03-26
  5. ^ "Carlota Guerrero: the Spanish photographer reframing femininity". The Independent. 2021-05-10. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  6. ^ "Carlota Guerrero, la fotógrafa española que ha conquistado a Solange". Vanity Fair (in European Spanish). 2017-08-25. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  7. ^ "Solange Knowles with her hair clips in: Carlota Guerrero's best photograph". the Guardian. 2021-04-28. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  8. ^ Snyder, Michael (2021-04-12). "Old Friends". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  9. ^ "Sita Abellan & Carlota Guerrero / Extraterrestrial Inspired 'Planet Indigo' Calendar for Charity". Flaunt Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  10. ^ Hazlehurst, Beatrice (2020-12-01). "Carlota Guerrero and Sita Abellan have an alien vision for 2021". i-D. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  11. ^ "Carlota Guerrero, una mirada feminista para romper con los cánones del arte". Diario EL PAIS Uruguay (in Spanish). 3 May 2021. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  12. ^ "How I Became... An Art Director". The Business of Fashion. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  13. ^ "Solange Collaborator Carlota Guerrero Lends a Feminist Lens to Helmut Lang". PAPER. 2020-10-09. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  14. ^ "Comment Desigual a fait sensation à Miami Art Basel". L'Officiel de la Couture et de la Mode - Paris (in French). Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  15. ^ "Desigual Asked Miami to 'Love Different'". V Magazine. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  16. ^ "Las 'Mujeres negras' de Carlota Guerrero se adueñan del Museo Nacional de Cataluña". Vogue España (in European Spanish). 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2022-03-26.
  17. ^ Guerrero, Carlota (4 May 2021). There is a dragon in my heart : the photographs of Carlota Guerrero = Tengo un dragón dentro del corazón : la fotografía de Carlota Guerrero. ISBN 978-3-7913-8711-6. OCLC 1257240688.
  18. ^ Betancourt, Bianca (2021-05-03). "Carlota Guerrero's New Book Celebrates the Female Form in All Its Unfiltered Glory". Harper's BAZAAR. Retrieved 2022-03-26.