A hand pulls back the edge of a pink swimsuit to reveal star-shaped glitter scattered across the skin. Where you might expect sand, there is glitter; a subtle and joyful subversion of the everyday.

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.