Carlota Guerrero Explained

Carlota Guerrero
Birth Place:	Barcelona, Spain
Years Active:	Photographer

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.

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 and When I Get Home.^{[4] [5] [6]} They also collaborated on music videos. Other celebrities she has photographed are Penélope Cruz,^[7] Arca, Sita Abellan,^{[8] [9]} and Rosalia,^[10] Emilia Clarke, and Rupi Kaur. She has also worked with brands and labels such as Dior, Nike, Paloma Wool, Givenchy, Mugler, and Helmut Lang.^{[11] [12]} At Art Basel in 2019, Guerrero staged a performance emulating an orgy including 30 people in collaboration with Desigual. The performance was well-received.^{[13] [14]} 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.^[15] 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.^{[16] [17]}

Notes and References

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