Karina Taira

Karina Taira is a photographer, filmmaker and sculptor who grew up between Northern California and Japan. She studied photography at ArtCenter and developed her professional career in New York and Paris, working across fashion, beauty and portraiture.

Her commissions include work for Dior, Guerlain and Vogue, alongside celebrity portraits for Life. Moving-image projects and exhibitions have extended her practice beyond the printed page, including screenings at the Centre Pompidou. Taira has also turned to clay sculpture, carrying her interest in form and the body into a medium shaped directly by hand.