Scarlett Carlos Clarke
Scarlett Carlos Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1992 (age 32–33) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Website | scarlettcarlosclarke |
Scarlett Carlos Clarke (born 1992)[1] is a British photographer and artist based in London.
Early life
Carlos Clarke was born in London in 1992,[1] the daughter of British-Irish photographer Bob Carlos Clarke.[2]
Career
Her debut solo exhibition The Smell of Calpol on a Warm Summer's Night, was at Cob Gallery in July 2021.[3] Combining photography, sculpture and video, the exhibition was said by Hannah Abel-Hirsch in The British Journal of Photography to "engender a visceral feeling tied to the experience of domesticity. That simultaneous sense of comfort and claustrophobia, which can intensify after becoming a parent."[4] Molly Cranston wrote in The Editorial Magazine that "The images themselves are lush and painterly, Clarke handles dramatic chiaroscuro like a renaissance painter, imbuing her photos with a sense of history and cinema, but the buzz-blue tones and household props (Daz detergent, Irn-Bru, Pampers) plant her subjects resolutely in contemporary Britain."[5] Nick Waplington has compared them to the works of painters Edward Hopper and Grant Wood.[6]
She is the youngest photographer to have a photograph acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, London.[7]
Publications
- The Smell of Calpol on a Warm Summer's Night. London: Mörel, 2024. ISBN 978-1-917282-01-7. With an essay by Nathalie Olah. Edition of 300 copies.
Group exhibitions
- 2015: Take! Eat!, Diane Chire and Mc Llamas, St Marylebone Parish Church, London[8]
- 2016: New Femininity # 1, curated by GIRLS, Blender Studio, Berlin[8]
- 2017: A Story the World Needs to See, Berlin Feminist Film Week, Berlin[8]
- 2018: New Femininity # 2, Curated by GIRLS, Mutuo Galeria, Barcelona[8]
- 2018: Pillow talk, Curated by Antonia Marsh, Palm Tree Gallery, London[8]
- 2019: New Femininity # 3, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam[8]
Collections
- National Portrait Gallery, London: 1 print (as of 14 February 2022)[9]
References
- ^ a b "Scarlett Carlos Clarke". Mörel. Retrieved 17 March 2025.
- ^ "Cob Gallery : Scarlett Carlos Clarke : The Smell of Calpol on A Warm Summer's Night". The Eye of Photography. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Allione, Pauline (August 2021). "La vie de femmes enceintes en confinement documentée dans une série photo suffocante". Arts Konbini. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ Abel-Hirsch, Hannah (July 2021). "Scarlett Carlos Clarke's sickly sweet vision of domesticity". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
- ^ Cranston, Molly (August 2021). "Scarlett Carlos Clarke". Retrieved 15 December 2021.
- ^ Dinsdale, Emily (9 July 2021). "Scarlett Carlos Clarke captures lockdown motherhood in surreal imagery". Dazed. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ Shadbolt, George (19 May 2011). "The British Journal of Photography". The British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f "Scarlett Carlos Clarke". Cob Gallery. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Scarlett Carlos Clarke - National Portrait Gallery". www.npg.org.uk. Retrieved 14 February 2022.