Carlota Guerrero: How a portrait of Solange changed my world
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The feminist photography of Carlota Guerrero
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Matriarchal Utopia
Along with being chased and flying, many people have bad dreams in which they find themselves inexplicably, often mortifyingly, naked in public. Not Carlota Guerrero (b.1989). In the introduction to the Barcelona-born artistâs first monograph,
Tengo Un Dragón Dentro del Corazón, she recounts a memory in which she, as a small child, fantasised about tearing her clothes off in class. If public nudity is meant to symbolise insecurity, shame or uncertainty in a dream, for Guerrero itâs become quite the opposite. For her, the nude woman is âa spiritual force. The one who accepts herself in her most natural condition is the most luminous, the strongestâ¦â
The Barcelona-based photographer, who has created now-iconic imagery for musicians such as Solange and Rosalía, and collaborated with fashion brands like Paloma Wool and Desigual, used the pandemic as vital production time for her new literary offering. The book is a stunning and vast artistic collection that provides an intricate analysis of the female form, friendships, and the power of community.
In the forward, Guerrero details the origin of her signature aesthetic: ethereal depictions of nudity that celebrate the female form in a dream world devoid of the male gaze. Inspired after taking an impromptu trip to the beach with longtime girlfriends, Guerrero filled the pages of her book with images of women in their raw and natural states, embodying the various emotions, memories, and traumas women often carry, including shame and guilt, freedom and love.