Originally from Italy, I studied contemporary art and cinema at the University of Bologna. I worked as an assistant curator and events producer for contemporary art museums and cultural venues in Italy and internationally. In 2013, I moved to Amsterdam, where my lifelong passion for photography led me to complete a degree in photography in 2018. In 2019, together with poet Elsbeth Pancrazi, we self-published the book Take What You Need, a year-long weekly correspondence of poetry and photography.
My work has been presented in exhibitions and festivals including The Magic of Light, ArtSpace114, Los Angeles (2026), 99CENT, The Hole, Los Angeles (2026), Mining In The Age Of, AMPHI Gallery, Los Angeles (2025), the multi-city project Note di sguardi (2022, Cervia / Bologna / Berlin), Helsinki Photo Festival (2021), Rotterdam Photo Festival (2020), and SIFESTOFF (2019, Savignano, Italy).
From 2023 to 2024, I co-directed Space Ten Gallery in Hawthorne, California.
My first monograph of photography and writings, Like we could almost live forever, was published by Verlag Kettler in May 2025 with design by Hannah Feldmeier.
I live and work in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Exhibitions
2026 The Magic of Light, ArtSpace114, Los Angeles, USA; 99CENT, The Hole, Los Angeles, USA
2025 Mining In The Age Of, AMPHI Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2022 Note di sguardi, Cervia \ Bologna \ Berlin, Italy
2021 Salon Hang 24/7, Kunstverein Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Fearless, Helsinki Photo Festival, Helsinki, Finland; Zusammen: Let's Go, BBA Gallery, Berlin, Germany
2020 Rotterdam Photo Festival, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2019 Ways of Worldmaking, SIFESTOFF 2019, Savignano, Italy
2018 42 Contemporary Artists, Enter Art Foundation, Berlin, Germany; LACDA Los Angeles Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles, USA
2017 Extended Family Project, Inglewood, USA
2016 TAM, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, USA
Books
2025 Like we could almost live forever, Verlag Kettler
2019 Take What You Need, a correspondenceby Carlotta Guerra and Elsbeth Pancrazi, self published
Publications
2020 Fresh Eye, emerging photographer talents in Europe, The Netherlands
2019 New Dutch Photography Talent of 2019, The Netherlands
Collaborative Projects
2026 collaboration with writer Bryan Hurt for 7x7.la magazine
2016 The Book of Matches, collaboration with poet Elsbeth Pancrazi for 7x7.la magazine
Selected Press
2025 Notes in the World, Serena Carbone, Antinomie.it
Interviews & Podcasts
2026 Conversation with Hannah Feldmeier, The Voice Behind the Book podcast
Residencies
2017 For a minor language, a schizophrenic concoction, curated by Carolina Rossi Casanovas e Mattia Solari, with Cesare Pietroiusti, Fondazione Lac o Le Mon,San Cesareo, Italy
Workshops
2020 Who are you and your work by Erik Kessels, Bologna, Italy
2019 [Repeat!] a workshop on editorial possibilities by Chiara Capodici, Forlì, Italy
2018 Unseen Dummy Sessions with Daria Tuminas, Paul van Mameren, Oliver Barstow, Delphine Bedel, Unseen Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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