A glimpse into Death Valley’s volcanic history. The photograph is part of an unreleased and on-going body of work.

Chiara Zonca, born in Milan, Italy, is a fine art photographer based in Vancouver, Canada. She seeks isolated landscapes as a form of exploration of self. She documents specific moments in time when solitude and open spaces alter her landscape perception.

“I am interested in barren, mystical, untinged landscapes; places that challenge my perception of the earth until it becomes somewhere completely unfamiliar. I am drawn to the idea of creating work I could have seen in a dream, the render of a hazy memory where natural and surreal meet.” - Chiara Zonca, 2021

Accolades

Exhibitions: 7 sessions - Love, Music & Mother Earth - Curtain Hotel - London, UK - Nov 2019. Quasi-Nature - Archive Contemporary - Montreal, Quebec - Aug 17 / Oct 1 2019. MOPLA Photo book exhibition - Month of Photography Los Angeles - House of Lucie at ROW DTLA - April 2019. #SVLA1 Environment - Video Wall at Tom Bradley Wing of the Los Angeles Central Library - April 2019. Tiny Atlas Book Release - Aperture Foundation - NYC, USA - March 2019

Selected in print publications: Harper’s Bazaar, The Earth Issue, Satori Mag, Jungle Magazine, NOICE.

In 2019 Chiara released her first monograph, Desert Portraits, by Scandinavian Publisher The New Heroes & Pioneers, based on her series Moon Kingdom. The book is currently part of the collection of the Ingalls library at the Cleveland Museum of Art and of The Getty Research Institute Library in Los Angeles. 

www.chiarazonca.com 
@shadowontherun