Enrico Carpi
Photography BA
Royal Academy Of Art The Hague KABK
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Photography
My location: Den Haag, Netherlands
Enrico Carpi
First Name: Enrico
Last Name: Carpi
University / College: Royal Academy Of Art The Hague KABK
Course / Program: Photography BA
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Photography
My Location: Den Haag, Netherlands
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About
I, Enrico Carpi (b.1997), am an Italian photographer, working on long-term documentary projects while reflecting upon time and space. My work is centered on capturing the subtle, often unnoticed moments in everyday life—those fleeting gestures, conversations, and episodes that carry profound beauty and complexity. Growing up in a small town, I have been particularly drawn to rural landscapes, the people and the traditions that persist within them.Using the medium of photography I collect impressions of the world, reflecting upon ideas, memory, and belonging. Through human absence and presence, I observe time and space capturing natural and urban traces, exploring the vastness and intimacy of landscape, and focuses on the relation between nature, urban structures, and portraiture.Working mainly with analog photography, I take a slow and reflective approach, valuing the time and care required to create large-format negatives. The physical process of image-making—from the act of photographing to the meticulous work in the darkroom—is integral to my practice. The whole process is slow and contemplative. Finally, when working on moving image, I make use of the interview form as a more collaborative approach, expanding my creative methods and narratives. My ultimate goal is not only to record portions of the world but to convey emotions and messages that resonate with a broader audience.
Between hills, forests and flowers is where my grandmother grew up. Her mother passed away when she was sixteen. Five years later her father was murdered. How, where and why remains a mystery. Shortly after, she and her younger brother left - leaving behind not only her home, but also her youth. I grew up mythicising her stories from those places, where long, hard days of physical labour could not harden their souls. Instead, what always remained was gratitude for life. More than sixty years after her father was murdered, I revisited the area where she grew up, sometimes alone, sometimes together with her. I give voice to the landscape that shaped my grandmother as a person. In doing so, a deep affection for those places grew in me. Only the flowers, trees, sticks and stones still preserve within them the truth. They are the same flowers, trees, sticks and stones that allowed me to understand her resilience and strength, which I have admired all my life.
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