Caroline LACOMA
Discipline:
Photographer, multidisciplinary artist, poet
Location:
Sutton, Greater London
ABOUT:
Through my self-portraiture, I seek to document the ever-shifting landscapes within: moments of grief, sacred rage, tenderness, resilience, and rebirth. Photography is not merely a medium for me — it is a ritualistic act of bearing witness to my evolution, an ongoing reclamation of my gaze, my body, and my story as a Black woman navigating personal and collective histories.
My practice explores the liminal space between vulnerability and strength, reality and the subconscious. Each portrait is an offering: a cracked, tender reflection where emotional terrains are neither hidden nor performed, but integrated into a complex, honest tapestry of being. Working intuitively, I allow my subconscious to lead the way — often discovering the deeper meaning of a piece long after it has been created. In this way, my work is a negotiation of who I am, who I am becoming, and what must be mourned or reimagined along the way.
Color, symbolism, elemental forces, and poetic text weave throughout my work, creating atmospheres that echo both ancestral memory and personal mythology. Themes of rupture and reconciliation are central: not seeking to erase wounds, but to honor and integrate them into the architecture of healing.
My debut solo exhibition, The (Un)Making of a Woman, invites viewers into an intimate reckoning with identity, inherited narratives, and transformation. Through photography, collage, and poetry, I offer a mirror — one that reflects both the quiet griefs and the radical possibilities of becoming.


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