I’m JC Candanedo, and I’m a socially-engaged Visual Artist based in the UK. I use photography to work with people and communities to investigate issues of Identity, Mental Health and Ideology. I'm passionate about using the visual arts to encourage Social Transformation.
ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS
Commissioned by the Royal Academy of Arts, in collaboration with BUILDHOLLYWOOD and Gustavo Dias-Vallejo, to promote the exhibition Brasil! Brasil! The Birth of Modernism.
THE TRAMPERY FOUNDATION
People, interiors and exteriors of all the sites where The Trampery manages studios, programmes and co-working spaces in London.
POPLAR WORKS
People, interiors and exteriors of Poplar Works, a new site in East London for the fashion community.
ANCIELA LONDON
Commissioned by Anciela London, “Echoes of Earth” is a campaign inspired by the powerful message of the latest UN Biodiversity Conference COP16 Colombia —“The time has come to make peace with nature”.
POPLAR HARCA
Aberfeldy Stories is a photography and audio stories project that explores the transformation of the Aberfeldy estate in Poplar, East London, through the lives of the people who live there.
LONDON COLLEGE OF FASHION - UAL
Working with this community of refugees helped us understand their struggles and their needs which will contribute to the creation of future programmes aimed at better supporting them.
TRILOGY REAL ESTATE
Staff, users, interiors and exteriors of Republic, a campus that Trilogy operates in the former East India Docks in East London.