UPOTY 2026 CURATOR
Carolina Rapezzi
🇬🇧London
Photographer & Journalist
Professional biography
Carolina Rapezzi is an Italian freelance photographer and journalist based in London. Her work focuses on migration, humanitarian and environmental issues, explored through intimate storytelling and long-term documentary projects.
She has worked in Afghanistan, Cuba, Ghana, Ukraine, Romania, Myanmar, Israel, the West Bank, the UK, France and Italy. Her work has received international recognition, with awards and nominations from LensCulture, the Siena International Photo Awards, the Sony World Photography Awards and the World Water Day Photo Contest, among others.
Her photographs and stories have been published by The Guardian, The Observer, Die Zeit, Elle, Internazionale, openDemocracy, De Standaard, la Repubblica (Il Venerdì), RAI and other publications.