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Inside/Outside: Cristina Coral explores the feeling of being inside, on the outside

"This project speaks about images and psyche. Taking pictures is about the relationship between the interiority (inside) and the surrounding (outside)," explains Italian photographer Cristina Coral, when describing her latest series, Inside/Outside.

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Woman in pink shirt lies on bed by floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a vast sea landscape under bright sunlight

Educated in Italy, where she lives and works as a photographer, Cristina's approach to photography and its development is almost entirely self-taught. Heavily influenced by her childhood, which was surrounded by creativity (her father was a composer), music and art have always played a very important part of her life, and resonates throughout her work.

From the haunting visual stories that lie behind her Do Not Disturb series, to the mysterious characters that grace crumbling buildings in Room Stories, Cristina's work is dramatic, deliberately posed and plucked from an imagination drenched in nostalgia. Discover more at cristinacoral.it.

All images courtesy of Cristina Coral

Woman in red robe stands at floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a coastline, with a bed in the foreground and patterned curtains above
Sunlit bedroom with a bed covered in a pale green bedspread, viewed through glass doors with a distant cityscape and coniferous tree visible beyond
A person reclines on a white shelf beside a large window, with sunlight casting shadows across burgundy walls and a cityscape visible outside
Woman with long pale hair in profile, seated indoors with soft natural light from a window behind her
Tree shadows cast through a window pane onto a translucent interior surface, creating a dappled pattern of light and shade
Sunlight streams through sheer curtains with decorative circular patterns into a sparse interior space, casting shadows on the floor.
A person in an ornate white lace dress reaches towards a white panelled wall, partially obscured by shadow in a muted pink-toned room
A person lies on a bed in a sparse, pale pink room with minimal furnishings and a glass door leading to a balcony
Figure in pink dress suspended inside a recessed pink box mounted on a white wall, lit by natural daylight from above
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