BIO
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| For more than three decades, Charlotte has created extraordinary images for a variety of corporate communications and marketing projects as well as for many philanthropic ventures. Until recently, she served as managing photo editor for a leading global biopharmaceutical company, responsible for annual report photography as well as a host of other editorial projects. Her compelling photographs – whether capturing scientists at work, patients being helped or executive portraits – all find new ways to capture the excitement, drama and special nature of people living their lives. Charlotte’s unique “kaleidophotos" have captured intriguing and eye-catching perspectives of nature, fish, molecules, bacterial cultures and scientific technologies and tools. Her hope has always been to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, beauty in the most mundane and the humanity in everything we do. Her latest new project is Fish Abstractions-abstracts of live fish. She hopes to be able to use these ito create an awareness of our Marine natural resourses. Much of Charlotte’s photography has focused on chronicling the lives of people who might otherwise remain anonymous or unknown. “The people I photograph open up their souls to me,” she has said. “So I feel an obligation to do my best to create images that will allow me to share their plight with those who can help make their lives better. In my own way I hope to give them a voice and as a result, feel honored to have the chance to help make some small difference in their lives.” She has traveled to Burma to record work of missionaries helping children express themselves and realize their rights through new learnings and the arts. In Thailand, Russia, and Brazil, she has photographed children who have escaped the ravages of sexual exploitation to build a life for them selves with direct services, prevention and education. And during many trips to sub-Saharan Africa, she has recorded the small triumphs as well as the enormous pain of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Charlotte’s quiet, compassionate nature has allowed her access into the lives of others. Through her work, she has expressed the hopes, the needs and sometimes, the despair and pain of her subjects, many of whom each day seek to overcome extraordinary challenges in order to declare the possibilities of the human spirit. Charlotte’s work has appeared in special exhibits sponsored by the National Geographic Society, Secure The Future, the World Childhood Foundation and others including three one-woman retrospective shows in Princeton, New Jersey. Her images also have been published in major publications including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, Chemical and Engineering News and Geo magazine. Clients include Bristol Myers Squibb, Mederex, World Childhood, IAVI, (International AIDS Vaccine Initiative), BTaylor Public Affairs, Windsor Healthcare, Petra Solar and Columbia University. Charlotte’s studio is in New Hope, where she still lives. |
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