Honorable Mention TIFA 2025 Portfolio / Fine Art

Claudia Rubner Portfolio 2022-2025

  • Photographer
    Claudia Rubner
  • Technical Info
    Alu-dibond Direct Prints, Transparent Acrylic Plates
  • Photo Date
    2022-2025

Claudia Rubner is an Italian underwater photographer and camera operator. After moving to England at 16, she completed advanced dive training and studied cinematography. Since returning, she develops her own projects. Her work has shown in Italy, Spain, the UK and Germany. In 2025 she won the Ocean Collective Gala's Newcomer Award for her series Gambling Away Our Future. Rubner reflects on climate change, identity and feminism, using water as metaphor and medium. Her surreal imagery deals with real-world concerns and invites viewers to rethink their relation to water, nature and themselves.

Claudia Rubner is an Italian underwater photographer and camera operator. After moving to England at 16, she completed advanced dive training and studied cinematography. Since returning, she develops her own projects. Her work has shown in Italy, Spain, the UK and Germany. In 2025 she won the Ocean Collective Gala's Newcomer Award for her series Gambling Away Our Future. Rubner reflects on climate change, identity and feminism, using water as metaphor and medium. Her surreal imagery deals with real-world concerns and invites viewers to rethink their relation to water, nature and themselves.

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