Sparkling Digital Photography

This digital photography artwork reveals hidden radiance, transforming playful intimacy into sparkling, dreamlike celebration of the unseen and audacious

Artwork Description

 about this Digital Photography

Beneath the coy lift of a blush-pink swimsuit, an unexpected galaxy reveals itself, thousands of glittering fragments spilling like secrets into the light. The composition merges the intimate and the fantastical, turning the curve of a woman’s form into a horizon where playfulness meets allure.

Each sparkle becomes a metaphor for the treasures we carry unseen, only revealed in moments of daring honesty. Sutera Sardo captures this fleeting, audacious act with precision, balancing sensuality, humor, and dreamlike wonder. It is a celebration of the hidden, the radiant, and the unapologetically bold.

about the artist

Carla Sutera Sardo (b. 1983, Agrigento) is an Italian photographer exploring the relationship between women and natural landscapes. She began her practice during university studies in Palermo and Rome, teaching herself through self-portraiture.

Her staged compositions balance intimacy and strength, inviting viewers into quiet, surreal moments that evoke transformation and emotional depth.

Early works focused on Sicily’s unspoiled terrain, revealing her poetic, dreamlike visual language. Her imagery suspends time, blending intimacy, femininity, and place with quiet strength.

Sutera Sardo’s photographs have appeared in L’Œil de la Photographie, Vogue Italia, and won recognition from the Sony World Photography Awards and Siena Photography Awards. She has also received the Prix de la Photographie.

Her work has been exhibited internationally in London, Paris, Florence, Turin, Palermo, Zhengzhou, Gibellina, and Slovenia. Notably, she contributed to Nomad Art Collective’s inaugural exhibitions Il Bivio: Fragmented Feminine and Il Bivio II: Sicily in Confluence.

View her Dubai collection of available artworks here

copyright

This digital photography artwork is one of a kind original therefore, all copyrights and reproduction rights are reserved by the artist.