Classe 1985, nata a Firenze, Clara Vannucci è una fotografa documentarista,
nota soprattutto per i suoi lavori sul sistema carcerario italiano e americano.
A New York City, con l’aiuto di Donna Ferrato, ha fotografato le carceri di
Rikers Island Jail, sviluppando un progetto sulla sezione per le donne vittime di
violenza di una delle più grandi prigioni americane. All’interno dell’istituto
penitenziario di Volterra realizza invece Crime
and Redemption, un reportage sul teatro in carcere. Ha vinto una borsa di
studio dal 2012 al 2014 a FABRICA, dove ha sviluppato il suo terzo progetto sul
sistema penale: Bail Bond. Bondsmen,
defendants & bounty hunters. Dopo aver insegnato fotografia ai detenuti
del Carcere di Opera a Milano, adesso tiene un corso all’Istitituto Europeo del
Design a Firenze.
Corrispondente dall’Italia per il «New York Times», è fotografa freelance per
numerosi magazine e quotidiani italiani e internazionali, per i quali realizza
servizi sia editoriali che di viaggio. È rappresentata da Daria Bonera DB per
corporate e advertising.
Clara Vannucci (1985) is an Italian documentary photographer mostly
focused on the Criminal Justice System. After the degree in graphic design, at
the University of Architecture of Florence, she decided to move to New York
City where she became an intern at Magnum Photos and later the assistant, for
over two years, of the photojournalist Donna Ferrato.
Her stories tell the prison system of both Italy and US: with Crime and
Redemption, a reportage about theatre in Volterra’s prison, she shows how the method
of acting in prison can be a useful tool to changing the way the criminal mind
works. In NYC, with the help of Donna Ferrato, she took pictures in the Rikers
Island Jail, developing a project about the Battered Women Section of the
biggest US jail.
She has been awarded a residency at FABRICA between 2012-2014, where she
developed her third project about the criminal justice system: Bail Bond.
Bondsmen, defendants & bounty hunters. Bail Bond is a visual tale set in
contemporary New York. By weaving together stories of bondsmen, defendants and
bounty hunters, the reportage sheds light on an unexplored edge of law and
order in the US, a place where crime and security collide and amalgamate.
She used to teach photography to the inmates at the Maximum Security Opera
Prison and now she’s Photography professor at IED (European Design Institute).
She is represented by Daria Bonera DB for Corporate and Advertising and she’s
freelance for several Italian and International magazines and newspapers,
mostly covering fashion, editorial and travel assignments.
She’s a New York Times contributor and her works has been published by Time
Magazine, T Magazine New York Magazine, Monocle, Business Insider, BuzzFeed,
Vogue Paris, Courier International, L’Uomo Vogue, D La Repubblica, Vanity Fair,
Vogue Italia, amongst others.