ARTIST CAROLINA MADRIGAL - CURIOUS. VERSITILE. HUMAN

Carolina Madrigal’s photography lives in two worlds. In one, there is the deliberate pace of film, the solid weight of a Canon AE1, the mechanical click of its shutter, the

anticipation of waiting to see what a roll will reveal. In the other, there is the immediacy of digital, the versatility of her Canon RP, the freedom to adapt on the fly, the satisfaction of seeing an image seconds after it’s made.

She moves between these mediums not out of indecision, but because each offers something the other cannot. Her relationship with photography began long before she

owned either camera. As a child, she would lose herself in the pages of National Geographic, drawn to images that could stop time and carry her to places she had never been.

In high school, she began taking photographs of her own, first with early digital cameras and her phone, later with a growing interest in film. Discovering the Canon AE1 was a turning point, one that deepened her connection to the craft and expanded her understanding of light, tone, and patience.

Today, Carolina’s work is a dialogue between these two worlds. Film brings her a tangible intimacy with the image, a discipline shaped by limited frames and the

unpredictability of development. Digital gives her agility and room to experiment, to explore variations in color, contrast, and composition. Together, they form a practice

that is both rooted in tradition and open to constant reinvention, a conversation between grain and pixel that continues to shape her voice as a storyteller.

“I want to tell stories and be a keeper of memories.” Carolina Madrigal