ABOUT

Carol Hamcke-Onstwedder is a fine art photographer who aims to inspire respect, curiosity, and wonder of the natural world and different cultures through her work.

Carol is a London-based photographer, having just returned from five years in southeast Asia.  She has a background in public policy and development studies, which brings a unique perspective to her photography.  With her passion for the natural environment and her curiosity about different cultures globally, she tries to tease out a visual /emotional story  in whatever photographic genres she is  working on.   She continues to kindle creativity through using multiple photographic techniques and disciplines.  While her nature and landscape photography focusses on textures, shapes, and colour, her people photography focusses on the connectivity between her and her subject, or capturing the moment on the street.  She aims to spark emotion and curiosity about the world around her through her photography.

Exhibitions:

April 2025:       NYC Annual Women Street Photographers Exhibition

                        Image:  “Woman Walking”

April 20205:     A Smith Galler “botanical” Online Exhibition

                        Image:  “Wavy Fern”

August 2024:  Singapore Flora Photo Exhibition:

                        Image: “Water Lily”

Dec 2022:        “A Thousand Words…photography in context”

                        Image “Hope”. Inspired by “Never Let Me Go” by Kazuo Ishiguro

Gallery Sales:

Untitled Artist Fair, UK 2025:  featured a selection of nature, landscape, and people images

K-W Gallery, Singapore:  featured abstract and nature images

Commissions:

Commercial Commissions:  “Trevor’s Head Lighthouse”

Residential Commissions:   “Kenya Skies:

                                                “Hokkaido Trees”

                                                “Coming My Way”

                                                “Morning Chores Tonle Sap”

Awards:

ND AWARDS 2025:  Honourable Mention

            Aerial:  “Mudpots”

            Nature/Wildlife:  “Grizzly at the Waterfall”

            Portrait:  “Super Sapeur

Teravarna Awards: “Water”

            “Blue and Gold”

Exposure One Awards: Honourable Mention

            Abstract:  “Hokkaido Trees”

ND AWARDS 2024:  Honourable MentionABOUT

            Fine Art/Abstract:  “And the seasons turn, turn, turn

            Series, Nature(Trees):  Singapore Botanics”

ND AWARDS 2022: Honourable Mention

            Photojournalism/Story:  “Tonle Sap:  A Fisherman’s Life”

360° Awards 2022:  International Photographer of the Year