ABOUT
​Charlotte’s unique “kalidophotos" which captures intriguing perspectives of the naturally-occurring patterns and sequences found in molecules, bacterial cultures, and scientific technologies. Her latest studies rom Japan — her wabi sabi series — focuses on finding the beauty in the old and melancholic, often overlooked objects of our everyday surroundings - captured with a hopeful spirit. Her hope, through her photography, has always been to find the extraordinary in the ordinary, beauty in the most mundane, and humanity in everything we do. ​Much of Charlotte’s photography has focused on chronicling the lives of people who might otherwise remain anonymous or unknown. She has traveled to Myanmar to record the work done by missionaries who helped young women express themselves through the arts. In Thailand, she has photographed girls who have escaped the ravages of sex traffickers to build a life for themselves through education. During many trips to sub-Saharan Africa, she has captured the small triumphs as well as the enormous pain of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and cancer. She has expressed the most vulnerable emotions of her subjects who seek to overcome extraordinary challenges and are examples of unwavering human spirit.
Charlotte’s 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. Her work has appeared in exhibits sponsored by the National Geographic Society, the World Childhood Foundation and others, including three one-woman retrospective shows in Princeton, New Jersey. She has worked with Columbia University Teachers College, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation as well as several not-for-profit organizations including the World Childhood Foundation, Projecto Hope, AmeriCares, Compassionate Care Foundation, North West Medical and Partners in Hope.
Charlotte’s lives and works in New Hope, PA on the Raymond Farm, close to where she was brought up. Her grandparents, Antonin and Noemi Raymond, arrived in New Hope after World War II, leaving behind their internationally-acclaimed success in Japan with their architecture and design firm which is still remembered today. She is working on the restoration of her family’s farmhouse, circa 1738, and barn, circa 1845, originally redesigned by her grandparents to create a masterpiece of modernist and Japanese influence in 1938. Her other interests include cooking, travel, organic gardening, and creating an awareness to preserve the natural environment and push positive action.