Shot on the remote Sicilian island of Linosa, Carla Sutera Sardo’s photograph transforms a humble fishing boat into a surreal stage. A figure in vivid red stockings emerges from the overturned vessel, their body reduced to an abstract gesture against the stark Mediterranean landscape. The turquoise hull, weathered and rusted, contrasts with the arid earth and expansive blue sky, amplifying the tension between decay and vitality. Sutera Sardo’s composition blurs the line between body and environment, balancing humor, vulnerability, and poetic estrangement—hallmarks of her ongoing exploration of the feminine and its dialogue with place. Carla Sutera Sardo, born in Agrigento in 1983, discovered photography during her university studies between Palermo and Rome, initially as a self-taught artist through self-portraiture. Her work focuses on the female figure and the dialogue between bodies and landscapes, creating dreamlike images suspended in time. Her photographs have been featured in prestigious publications such as L’Oeil
de la Photographie and Vogue Italia, and she has received recognition from
the Sony World Photography Awards and the Siena Photography Awards.
She has exhibited in various international cities, including London, Paris,
and Florence.
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