Carla Borel is a French/English photographer, born in Paris, raised in Las Vegas and a Hampshire village. Formerly a croupier, a bar tender at the French House in Soho, and a gallery girl in London’s art world, she is now a portrait and fine art photographer. Her personal work addresses themes of transience, identity, community, isolation and loneliness in an old school documentary style. 

In 2016, her work was shortlisted at Kolga Tbilisi Photo; finalist at the San Francisco Street Photography Awards, and finalist at the Kuala Lumpur International Portrait Awards, and featured in the Royal Academy Summer exhibition. She was also selected by Brian Griffin to show alongside his Himmelstrasse series at the Magic Gallery, the Royal Photographic Society’s London pop up space.

This is Carla's testimonial on our work together:

"Being part of Raffaela’s workshops on Marketing Workflow for Photographers, and Online Portfolio Curation has been an invaluable experience for me. It has helped me transform my website to be more dynamic and exciting, and helped me build a structure for working without becoming overwhelmed with all the tasks at hand.

Raffaela’s friendly approach means that the whole group feels included and her workshops are very enjoyable as well as informative."