Carla Cioffi is an independent photographer with experience in all aspects of photography and visual communication.
As a photographer/photo archivist with NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC, she documented everything from the end of the space shuttle program, congressional hearings on Capitol Hill, events at the White House, to extensive travel to Russia and Kazakhstan covering human spaceflight to and from the International Space Station. Her editorial and reportage work has been distributed worldwide through news and photo agencies such as Financial Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, NPR, Getty Images, AP, Reuters, and Vraiment.
Carla holds the distinction of being the first American woman to photograph astronauts launching to the International Space Station from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, and remains the only American woman to photograph the return to earth from the open door of a Russian military MI-8 helicopter.
She holds a B.A. in Russian Studies, and an M.F.A. in Photography/Communications. Currently based in the Washington, DC area, she is available for a variety of assignments both domestically and internationally.
Clients include:
BLJ Worldwide | Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar | City of Alexandria, VA | Financial Times | Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar) | Havasu - Paris Saint-Germain Handball Team | International SOS/Aspire Lifestyles | Nancy Cost Design | Northwestern University in Qatar | Qatar 2015 World Handball Committee | Qatar Financial Authority Centre | Qatar Foundation | RasGas Company Limited (Qatar) | Resolution TV (Qatar) | Rogue Rovers | Shutters on the Beach | Vraiment (France) | WAJOOD Strategic Communications (Qatar) | Xi'an Jiatong - Liverpool University (China)
