克萊爾•史特蘭德生於1973年，就讀於布萊頓大學及倫敦皇家藝術學院，現於布萊頓生活和工作。
史特蘭德認為自己並沒有特定的攝影風格，傾向因應拍攝對象而作決定。雖然史特蘭德在拍攝前會一絲不苟地研究籌備，但作品最終可能帶點曖昧含糊的結果，以保留空間讓觀者深思。作品中首要考慮的是構思和期望，美學元素反倒成為次要。
1997年，史特蘭德製作了一系列肖像照，取名《點和全》。作品中，她讓一群長相平凡青澀的少女在紅色天鵝絨幕前拍照。其中部份，五名年紀由十二到十四歲不等的少女打扮成1990年代風靡全球的偶像組合辣妹成員，綽號分別為「華麗」、「嚇人」、「寶貝」、「活力」以及「運動」，並要她們表現辣妹的精髓—「女子力量」。雖然某幾個女孩顯得相當有自信，能較有效地詮釋模仿對象，但有些卻未能表現典型的女性氣質。通過這些作品，史特蘭德傳達的訊息是當人們預視這些女孩的將來時，他們多是以貌取人，而不是憑其性格或個性來衡量。
史特蘭德作品曾在英國及海外多處展出，包括於攝影博物館(德國，2009)；攝影之家(瑞典，2008)；及倫敦傳播學院(2003)舉行的個展。
Clare Strand was born in 1973. She studied at University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art in London. She lives and works in Brighton.
Strand confesses to not have a single photographic style, preferring to respond directly to her subject. While her research and planning is meticulous, the final outcome can be somewhat vague. She prefers leaving room for reflection. The aesthetics of the piece come second to the formulations and generic expectations.
In 1997, Strand produced a series of portraits entitled Spots and All, which featured average, awkward looking teenage girls posing in front of a red velvet curtain. As part of this series, Strand included the portraits of five young girls posing as the iconic girl band the Spice Girls, which gained worldwide notoriety in the 1990s. Aged between twelve and fourteen, each girl takes on the persona of one of the five band members, namely Posh, Scary, Baby, Ginger and Sporty, and tries to embody the ‘Girl Power’ ethos that became the essence of the group. Some of the girls appear to be unable to quite fulfil the stereotypical femininity required, while others appear much more confident in presenting their alter ego. Strand tries to highlight how the viewer’s attitude towards the girls’ futures is predetermined by beauty rather than personality or individuality.
Strand has exhibited both in the UK and extensively overseas including recent solo exhibitions at Museum Fur Photograhie, Germany, 2009; Fotografins Hus, Sweden, 2008 and the London College of Communication, 2003.