Carla Kogelman

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Carla Kogelman (NL, 1961) has worked in the theatre industry for 25 years. In December 2011 she graduated at the Foto Academie Amsterdam. She has always been interested in stories back stage, in her own words the ‘true’ stories behind the actors instead of the stories performed on stage. She won 1st Prize at the Zilveren Camera 2011 with a series of portraits of actors back stage.

She won the SO (Selection Of dutch photography) Awards 2013, the national photography portfolio contest.

With her series ICH BIN WALDVIERTEL she won first prize Observed Stories at World Press Photo 2014 and the Cortona on the Move 2014 Happiness Award as well as the PF Portfolio Award

In her work she captures the daily life of people, especially children. Being around the same people for a long time, she becomes invisible.

This gives her the opportunity to get a good insight into the lives of her subjects and reach the real story behind what is observed superficially.

Another fascination is the back stage life of theatre, film and sport.

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