Like we could almost live forever

Carlotta Guerra's project Like we could almost live forever is about the transient nature of human beings.

Carlotta Guerra's project Like we could almost live forever is about the transient nature of human beings. Her photographs aim to capture the experiences and memories we create during our lifetimes. Being in the world goes hand in hand with non-being. Aware that our limited lifespan is what makes our encounters so precious and unique, Guerra collects photographic impressions, reorganizes them and crafts a free narration that brings us closer to the magic and pain of life. Opposing feelings of freedom, melancholy, love and the wish to fully arrive and come to terms with life’s secrets - and oneself - are captured via her photography like tiny pieces of a giant puzzle. Photographs taken in Italy refer back to her roots, memories and family. The search for her true self brought the photographer to North America, where she now lives. The flow of images, like a stream of consciousness, combines her old and new life. Guerra's collection of photographs is an invitation to stop, pause and contemplate the small, but also the big things that life offers us. The title Like we could almost live forever points to the fact that we oftentimes lead our lives in an unaware state of mind, subconsciously presuming we will last forever.

Like we could almost live forever is Guerra’s first monograph, to be published by Kettler Verlag (Germany) in 2025 with the collaboration of Alexa Becker and Hannah Feldmeier.