Bio

Charlotte Greenwood is an experimental photographer based in London working with both analogue and digital mediums. Originally from the North West of England, she moved to the capital in 2017 to study a Bachelor of Arts in Illustration and Visual Media at the University of the Arts London and graduated with a First-Class Honours in 2021. During the placement year of her degree, she completed an internship in downtown Los Angeles at The School of Light under the instruction of the photographer Andrew Hall, which is where her passion for cameraless photography was ignited. Charlotte has exhibited her work internationally and was awarded first place in the abstract category of the Fine Art Photography Awards 2022. Her ongoing series, “Cliché-Verres in Colour”, was recently published in New Scientist magazine as a centre spread feature. Statement: Fuelled by my adoration for the environment, my practice explores the unpredictability and uncontrollability of nature, and often looks to find the beauty in destruction. Through my work, I present abstract macro perspectives of the natural world that offer viewers new ways of seeing and allow them to perceive micro details usually invisible to the naked eye. These perspectives push viewers to pause, question, and make sense of what they are looking at; they search for something recognisable within the visuals and in doing so, they connect with nature. As I work with materials that produce uncertain outcomes, I create each piece in ‘the moment’ through a process of trial and error, where fortunate strokes of serendipity are patiently awaited. My latest pieces, which result from me searching for ways of working from home throughout the coronavirus pandemic, document my exploration into fluid dynamics and how traditional art supplies interact and chemically react with household substances.