ABOUT

Carolina Rapezzi is an Italian freelance photographer and journalist based in London who works on migration, social, humanitarian, and environmental issues.

She divides her work between international coverage and local projects.

She has worked in Ghana, Ukraine, Romania, Myanmar, Israel, Palestine, UK, France and Italy.

Long-term projects:

"It was meant to be" 2017 - Ongoing. UK - Gender and Identity.
"Burning Dreams" 2018 - Ongoing. Ghana - Environment.

Her work has been published on The Guardian, openDemocracy, DieZeit, Elle, Tortoise, DeStandaard, Business Insider, abcNEWS, Internazionale, The Post Internazionale, Equal Times, VoxEurop, Rai1, Altraeconomia, Water Science Policy and others.

Carolina collaborates with charities, NGOs, and she is a member of Women Photograph.

Grants, Awards and Exhibitions

Journalismfund Europe grantee 2022 | Local cross-border investigative journalism

Siena International Photo Award 2020 | Winner 3rd place Storyboard

Sony World Photography Award 2020 | Shortlisted Environment

World Water Day Photo Contest 2020 | Winner 2nd Place Storytelling and 4th Place Climate Change

LensCulture Art Photography Award 2019 | Winner 1st place Single Image

Flash Forward Award 2019 | Winner

Portrait of Humanity 2019 | Shortlisted

Faces of Climate Change - collaboration with WeRestart. Brent Civic Centre (Wembley) and Grand Union Community Hub, London 2023

Lexi Cinema - London, UK 2023

Atlas of Humanity - Fondazione Luciana Matalon, Milano 2022

Pangea Photo Festival 2022, Italy

Exhibition “Nothing is Real” at Bellezze Interiori Festival 2020, Como Italy

Exhibition at Hotel Burgas Studio, Vienna Austria, 2019

Exhibition at Galerie Joseph, Paris (Paris Photo), 2019

Exhibition at UAL Showroom, London 2016

Exhibition at Central Saint Martins for Part of Us Campaign London 2016

Exhibition at Croydon College in collaboration with Counterpoints Art, Refugee Week London 2016

Education and Development

HEFAT certificate 2022

Trauma informed reporting workshop 2022

WPPh 6x6 Global Talent Program Europe 2019

NikonNOOR masterclass participant Vienna 2019

Magnum Photos & BJP workshop Professional Practice and Editorial Assignments (London February 2018)