Karim Carella
fotografo artistico
Karim Carella arrives late to photography, with a degree in Statistical Sciences and a life in search of spaces suitable for his insatiable creativity, which will lead him to abandon his work and life in Milan attracted by the primordial need of the sea. Karim’s journey in photography is a journey in search of himself, or perhaps only of his place in the world, in a gradually more conscious and autobiographical way.
Formazione
Karim Carella is a self-thought italian lanscape photographer.
Fascinated about great contemporary photographers such as Michael Kenna and Josef Hoflehner, he elaborated their lessons and inspired by the Nature he captures natural elements and landscapes with a new eye, in the attempt to discover those emotions and sensations which simple things can reveal.
Tematiche
The search for a personal style resulted in a formal coherence built on two points of reference: black & white and square format.
Other recurrent elements are minimalist compositions, long exposures and strong contrasts. He pays great attention to this last aspect during the post production, limitated to the “camera lucida”.
The exploration process of Karim Carella moves along precise patterns. Place exploration: the images are taken somewhere in the world, both in the countryside, on mountain tops and along beaches. Genre exploration: he sweeps from macros to wide landscapes and narrative images.
Last but not least the exploration of the photographic art and its relationship to the author.
The common denominator of Karim Carella’s photography is undoubtedly the personal and solitary search for ways to express a transient moment or contest without making use of any logic or deterministic recording of the occasion or of the place.
Tecniche
Abstract and figurative landscape photography. Limited edition artworks printed with Epson Stylus Pro 11880 or Canon imagePrograf Pro 6000 (Giclée print) on:
- Paper: Hahnemühle Fine Art cotton paper “Bright White” 310 gsm;
- Canvas: Exhibition Matte Polycotton Canvas 380gsm
Premi
2018 Black & White Spider Awards
Honorable mention for “Two Calla Lilies” photograph – Still life (published on B&W 2018 Winners Book);
Nominee for “Ocean pier at dawn” photograph – Fine Art;
2017 Monochrome Awards
Honorable mention for “Born in the 18th century” photograph Fine Art;
2017 ND Awards
Honorable mention for “Tyrsenoi (their land) – the trees over the hills” series – Fine Art landscapes;
2017 Black & White Spider Awards
Nominee for “Fortytwo cypress trees” photograph – Fine Art;
Nominee for “Four buoys” photograph – Fine Art;
Nominee for “Born in the 18th century” photograph – Nature.
2017 IPA International Photo Awards
Honorable mention for “Born in the 18th century” photograph Fine Art landscapes;
2016 Monochrome Awards
Honorable mention for “Rocks in the clouds (studio 18)” photograph – Fine Art;
Honorable mention for “The old barn under the clouds” photograph – Landscapes.
2016 ND Awards
Honorable mention for “Streetlights in the park” photograph – Fine Art landscapes;
Honorable mention for “The pawns and the chessboard” photograph – Fine Art Conceptual.
2016 Black & White Spider Awards
Nominee for “Rolling” photograph – Abstract;
Nominee for “Flows” photograph – Nature.
2016 IPA International Photo Awards
Honorable mention for “Sealos” photograph – Fine Art landscapes;
Honorable mention for “Rolling” photograph – Fine Art landscapes;
Honorable mention for “The western ridge” photograph – Fine Art Landscapes.
2016 MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards
Honorable mention for “Tribute to Venice” photograph – Architecture Cityscapes;
2015 ND Awards
Honorable mention for “Phoenician fishing” project – Fine Art landscapes;
2015 MIFA Moscow International Foto Awards
Honorable mention for “Rocks in the clouds” project – Fine Art landscapes;
Honorable mention for “Phoenician fishing” project – Fine Art landscapes;
2015 IPA International Photo Awards
Honorable mention for “Rocks in the clouds” project – Fine Art landscapes;
Honorable mention for “The remote lake” photograph – Fine Art landscapes;
2014 Black & White Spider Awards
Nominee for “Rocks in the clouds (studio 16)” – Nature;
Nominee for “Totem” – Nature.
2014 IPA International Photo Awards
Honorable mention for “Once upon a time” project – Fine Art landscapes;
Honorable mention for “White hot springs” project – Fine Art landscapes.
2013 IPA International Photo Awards
Honorable mention for “Phoenician fishing” project – Architecture historic;
Honorable mention for “Old stone bridge” – Architecture bridges;
Honorable mention for “Hold fast MacLeod” – Architecture historic;
Honorable mention for “Old church ruins” – Fine Art landscapes.
2012 IPA International Photo Awards
Honorable mention for “Presences from the past” – Fine Art;
Honorable mention for “Shining house” – Fine Art;
Honorable mention for “Survivors” – Fine Art;
Honorable mention for “Survivors” – Nature.
2011
Fourth ranked at National photo competition “Natura l’acqua” by Newton magazine, by Nikon, and Epson;
Finalist at National photo competition “Obiettivo Terra 2011” by Fondazione Univerde and Società Geografica Italiana;
Finalist at National photo competition “BW vs COLOR” by Gruppo Costaphoto01.
Bibliografia
Karim Carella arrives late to photography, with a degree in Statistical Sciences and a life in search of spaces suitable for his insatiable creativity, which will lead him to abandon his work and life in Milan attracted by the primordial need of the sea. Karim’s journey in photography is a journey in search of himself, or perhaps only of his place in the world, in a gradually more conscious and autobiographical way.
Fascinated since childhood by the poignant landscapes of the countryside and coasts of southern Italy, he begins to explore the deeper meaning of the visible, a universe in which the human figure is banned but whose action takes a leading role in the conformation of the landscape: the agricultural fields (Tyrsenoi, 2017), the incredible marine spaceships of the trabucchi (Phoenician fishing, 2012), the cliff dominated by the lighthouse or by mysterious stone constructions (Guardians of the sea and Atlantic sights, 2018).
The gradual and growing selection of shapes and tones, thanks also to the purification of the chromatic compositions, reaches a concept of photography immobile in time and isolated in space, and to representations increasingly tending towards the abstract. This research, which apparently assumes the risky connotations of a formalistic, almost snobbish attitude, actually reveals the search for a new code, capable of emphasizing the cry of pain of the violated nature.