Natasha Caruana (born 1983) is a photographic artist who works with still photography, moving image and installation. She is based in London and is a Senior Lecturer of Photography at the

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, Farnham, UK. Caruana's work is based around themes of love, betrayal and fantasy. Her books include ''ONO'' (2012) and ''Married Man'' (2015). In 2014 she won the BMW Young Photographer-in-Residency at Nicéphore Niépce Museum, France. Her work is held by the

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in London.

Life and work

Caruana gained an MA in Photography from the

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, London in 2008. She is a Senior Lecturer of Photography at the

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. Accessed 25 January 2018. Caruana's ''The Other Woman'' series, made in 2005, uses portraits she made of

mistresses Mistress is the feminine form of the English word "master" (''master'' + ''-ess'') and may refer to: Romance and relationships * Mistress (lover), a term for a woman who is in a sexual and romantic relationship with a man who is married to a d ...

— women who have had

affair An affair is a sexual relationship, romantic friendship, or passionate attachment in which at least one of its participants has a formal or informal commitment to a third person who may neither agree to such relationship nor even be aware of i ...

s with married men. Her ''Fairytale for Sale'' series (and the book ''ONO'') is about women who sell their wedding dresses online. Using email, Caruana posed as a potential buyer and the women sent her photographs of them wearing their dress, in which they obscured their and their partner's face. They also provided a description of why they were selling the dress, which partially describes why they obscured the faces. Caruana used both the photographs and text in her work. Her ''Married Man'' series is about

infidelity Infidelity (synonyms include cheating, straying, adultery, being unfaithful, two-timing, or having an affair) is a violation of a couple's emotional and/or sexual exclusivity that commonly results in feelings of anger, sexual jealousy, and riva ...

. Caruana posed on

dating websites Online dating, also known as Internet dating, Virtual dating, or Mobile app dating, is a relatively recent method used by people with a goal of searching for and interacting with potential romantic or sexual partners, via the internet. An onlin ...

aimed at men seeking affairs. She went on 80

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with 54 men in 2008 and 2009, deceptively making snapshot photographs and secretly recording audio.

Publications

Publications by Caruana

*''ONO.'' London: Here, 2012. Edition of 150 copies.Here Press' page about ''ONO'' i
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/ref> *''Married Man.'' London: Here, 2015. . With transcriptions by Caruana. Edition of 500 copies.Here Press' page about ''Married Man'' i
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/ref> *''Coup de Foudre.'' Paris: Trocedero / BMW Art and Culture, 2015.

Publication paired with another

*''Basics Creative Photography 03: Behind the Image: Research in Photography.'' London: AVA, 2012. . With

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Publication with contribution by Caruana

*''Hijacked III: Australia / United Kingdom.'' Cottesloe, WA: Big City Press; Heidelberg: Kehrer, 2012. . Edited by Mark McPherson, Louise Clements, and Leigh Robb. With texts by Clements and McPherson. Exhibition catalogue.

Award

*2014: BMW Young Photographer-in-Residency at

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Museum,

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, FranceGemma Padley,
“I am excited to work from the birthplace of photography,” Natasha Caruana tells BJP
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, 8 August 2014. Accessed 25 January 2018.BMW Art & Culture partenaire des Rencontres de la Photographie à Arles, présente “Coup de Foudre” de Natasha Caruana, lauréate 2014 de la Résidence BMW au musée Nicéphore Niépce.
, BMW, 6 July 2015. Accessed 25 January 2018.

Collections

Caruana's work is held in the following public collections: *

, London * *, Chalon-sur-Saône, France

Notes

References

External links

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"Video: Natasha Caruana, House Biennial 2017 Photoworks Co-commission"
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