About Calias
Behind Calias we find the Italian photographer Francesca Casciarri (1970) and the Norwegian photographer Eirik Linder Aspelund (1975). After completing a university degree in geography, she finally decides to concentrate seriously on photography while he begins his career as a travel photographer after a journey to Asia and the Middle East at the age of 21.
They meet for the first time as interns at Magnum Photos in Paris during the summer of 2001. The following winter they decide to go travelling together in Central America and the idea of a collaboration is born. Since 2004 they are signing their photographic works with the name Calias.
In 2006 they start working on a project on water conflicts in the world that in 2007 leads to collaborations with UNESCO, New Water Culture Foundation (FNCA), International Rivers, the Association for International Water Studies (FIVAS) and the Norwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA).
Calias has previously been working for clients like the United Nations, the Region of Umbria, the Municipality of Oslo, the Norwegian Ministry of Defence, the Norwegian Museum of Architecture, Aschehoug publishing, the Filmport festival in Oslo and Tromsø International Film Festival. Their photos from around the world have been published in various magazines and their archive consists of images from large parts of Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Central America.