Scarlett Carlos Clarke | |
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| Born | 1992 (age 32–33) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Photographer |
| Years active | 2014–present |
| Website | scarlettcarlosclarke |
Scarlett Carlos Clarke (born 1992) [1] is a British photographer and artist based in London.
Carlos Clarke was born in London in 1992, [1] the daughter of British-Irish photographer Bob Carlos Clarke. [2]
Her debut solo exhibition The Smell of Calpol on a Warm Summer's Night, was at Cob Gallery in July 2021. [3] Combining photography, sculpture and video, the exhibition was said by Hannah Abel-Hirsch in The British Journal of Photography to "engender a visceral feeling tied to the experience of domesticity. That simultaneous sense of comfort and claustrophobia, which can intensify after becoming a parent." [4] Molly Cranston wrote in The Editorial Magazine that "The images themselves are lush and painterly, Clarke handles dramatic chiaroscuro like a renaissance painter, imbuing her photos with a sense of history and cinema, but the buzz-blue tones and household props (Daz detergent, Irn-Bru, Pampers) plant her subjects resolutely in contemporary Britain." [5] Nick Waplington has compared them to the works of painters Edward Hopper and Grant Wood. [6]
She is the youngest photographer to have a photograph acquired by the National Portrait Gallery, London. [7]