Four figures perform handstands in a wide field of tall green grass, their legs extending upward into a pale sky. Their bodies blend into the warm golden landscape around them. Low rocky hills stretch across the horizon. The gesture is joyful and defiant, the feminine form rooted in the earth and rising from it.

Carla Sutera Sardo (Agrigento, 1983) is a self-taught photographer whose work focuses on women and the communication between bodies and landscapes. Her photographs have been published in Vogue Italia and L'Oeil de la Photographie, and have received recognition including the Sony World Photography Awards, the Siena International Photography Awards, and the Prix de la Photographie.