Argentinian photographer/ director Paola Kudacki graduated as a graphic designer at Pan-American of Art and Design in Buenos Aires. From an early age she was passionate about painting and drawing which was an output for her imagination and creativity. Kudacki ‘s career has been diverse, from ballet to styling and art direction leading to her position as one of our industry’s respected portrait and fashion photographers.
Paola creates portraits that connect intimately with the subject, building a character and conveying a story or an emotion in a single moment. This approach has been evidenced in her covers and portraits for Time Magazine’s 100 and Great Performances issues and as the photographer for 2019 Golden Globes where she photographed a series of subjects and short black and white videos of all the nights winners.
Along with these special projects her stylish portraiture has been featured within Elle, GQ, Vogue, i-D, Hercules and Office, where she has shot musicians Beyoncé, Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Alicia Keys, FKA Twigs and Elton John, actress and actors Gal Gadot Julianne Moore, Angelina Jolie, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Viggo Mortenssen. She has also photographed supermodels Naomi Campbell, Stephanie Seymour, Linda Evangelista, Claudia Schiffer, Cindy Crawford, Carolyn Murphy, Amber Valetta, Adriana Lima and Anja Rubik over the course of her career.
Kudacki’s attention to the smallest of details enabled a seamless transition to directing moving image and she has created film and stills campaigns for Nike, Pantene, Cover Girl, Puma, Tamara Mellon and the Metropolitan Opera.
Paola is currently in New York
Exhibitions:
2000 "Desnudos" Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 Traummänner haus der Photographie, "50 STARFOTOGRAFEN ZEIGEN IHRE VISION VOM IDEAL", Hamburg, Germany
2011 "Love Linda Vojtova" Photography, Gallery Space 548 w 22 st 4 floor, New York
2012 "Vanity Fair" Hall of Fame, Passeig de Gracia, Barcelona, Spain
2019 “Humanity Issue 13” Argentinean Ambassador Residence, London, UK
