Since beginning their collaboration, photographers Ning Kai (b. 1987, China) and Sabrina Scarpa (b. 1991, the Netherlands) have been in constant pursuit of beauty. Partners in work and life, their artistic mission has become to portray the land between them.
From east to west, they seek places that bring them closer to nature to capture and convey the organic poetry and timeless harmony they witness therein. Bridging the spiritual and the mundane, they explore the essence and energy of the natural world, creating small-scale photographs imbued with simplicity and quietness. Without indications of location, they question our assumptions of time and place. In doing so, they wish to reveal the continuity between the particular and the universal, matter and spirit.
“The works we dropped along our wanderings mark our footsteps towards an earthly paradise, which allows us to blur boundaries between space, culture, and time to find moments of revelation, intimacy, and clarity.”
Ning and Scarpa’s works have been featured in publications such as Monthly Photography Magazine, American Chordata, La Fotografía Magazine, Photography Is Art, and on numerous websites such as GUP, Fisheye Magazine, METAL Magazine, Der Greif, Phases Magazine, IGNANT, among others. They previously collaborated with RIMOWA. In 2019, they were awarded the Barcelona International Photography Awards BIPA.
From east to west, they seek places that bring them closer to nature to capture and convey the organic poetry and timeless harmony they witness therein. Bridging the spiritual and the mundane, they explore the essence and energy of the natural world, creating small-scale photographs imbued with simplicity and quietness. Without indications of location, they question our assumptions of time and place. In doing so, they wish to reveal the continuity between the particular and the universal, matter and spirit.
“The works we dropped along our wanderings mark our footsteps towards an earthly paradise, which allows us to blur boundaries between space, culture, and time to find moments of revelation, intimacy, and clarity.”
Ning and Scarpa’s works have been featured in publications such as Monthly Photography Magazine, American Chordata, La Fotografía Magazine, Photography Is Art, and on numerous websites such as GUP, Fisheye Magazine, METAL Magazine, Der Greif, Phases Magazine, IGNANT, among others. They previously collaborated with RIMOWA. In 2019, they were awarded the Barcelona International Photography Awards BIPA.