CLARISSA RAI

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I’m Clarissa. Which you spell C-L-A-R-I-S-S-A. Two S’s. This matters. Names always do.

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I am a Black femme photographer working through narrative and presence. I approach image-making as an act of attention. To the body. To light. To the way people occupy space when they are not performing.

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Language and material enter my work with intention. Texture carries meaning. Location carries history. I am drawn to environments that feel lived in and visually charged, where light and form do as much work as presence. My images live where bodies, place, and emotion intersect.

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The images I make are constructed with precision but leave space for feeling. I am interested in what lingers rather than what overwhelms.

 

Photography is how I translate interior worlds into something visible. It is how moments are held long enough to be remembered.

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When we work together, we will build worlds with intention. I bring clarity and collaboration from concept through execution and I welcome the opportunity to create together.