Gabriella Achadinha

Gabriella Achadinha is a South African photographer and artist based between Berlin and Bloemfontein, whose practice is rooted in cinema and shaped by a background in film production. Working across analog photography, collage, and mixed media, her work gravitates toward stillness and contemplation - landscapes, portraiture, and the quietly surreal spaces in between. She was named one of Adobe's Rising Stars of Photography in 2018 and was awarded the Re:Touch Photography Prize for her project "Character Coding," developed in collaboration with Kulturprojekte Berlin and metaLab Harvard. Her publishing imprint Studio Saudari has released three print publications, and her work has been exhibited at Kunstraum Bethanien and Galerie Grolman in Berlin.


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Vintage swing carousel ride with a young girl sitting alone on a hanging chair at an amusement park.
Two pairs of pants hanging over a balcony railing on a modern apartment building under a clear blue sky.
Halved papaya balanced on a jar of olives on a blue towel at a rocky sandy beach.
Balanced stones on a rocky beach by a calm sea under a cloudy sky.
Desert barber shop with a tall cactus and a red car parked outside under a clear blue sky.