Camila Falquez
Camila Falquez | |
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| Born | March 28, 1989 Mexico City, Mexico |
| Known for | Photography |
Camila Falquez (born March 28, 1989, Mexico City) is a portrait photographer.
Biography
Falquez was born in Mexico City and raised in Barcelona, Spain, by immigrant Colombian parents.[1] She later emigrated to New York, United States, at the age of 21,[2] and has since been based in Bushwick, Brooklyn.[3] Falquez grew up in her mother's art studio and traveled with her to major European museums.[1]
Work
Falquez’s photography showcase the power and beauty within marginalized communities and BIPOC bodies. Falquez’s work further extends to photographing subjects from a range of gender and sexual identities.[4]
Camila Falquez's artwork was acquired by the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Florida, in 2023.[5] In 2025, her photograph is featured in Narratives in Focus: Selections from PAMM's Collection at the Miami institution, which includes artworks from a myriad of artists hailing from the Caribbean, Latin America, Africa, and the United States, present in the museum collection.[6]
Notable works
- In 2022, Camila Falquez photographed Zendaya for TIME,[7] in the TIME100: The Most Influential People of 2022.[8]
- In 2021, Falquez photographed Anya Taylor-Joy for the cover of Vogue México y Latinoamérica[9] and Vogue España,[10] both for their October issue.
- In 2020, she photographed US President Joe Biden[11] and Vice President Kamala Harris.[12]
- Falquez's works have been published in a number of established publications, such as The New York Times,[13] The Guardian,[2] TIME Magazine,[14] The Wall Street Journal,[15] Vogue,[16] and El País,[17] among others.
- Falquez is also known for Being In History[18] and Gods That Walk Among Us.[2] These works were created to display the beauty within marginalized communities.[2]
References
- 1 2 Rosen, Miss (2022-05-25). "Photographer Camila Falquez creates new paradigms of beauty, power & liberation". i-D. Archived from the original on 2023-06-14. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- 1 2 3 4 Glasgow, Abigail (2022-07-04). "'Gods that walk among us': the photographer bringing glamour to portraits of community leaders". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ↑ "Next Big Thing: Camila Falquez". Galerie. 2022-11-30. Archived from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ↑ Finney, Alice (2021-02-12). "Spotlight: Camila Falquez". British Journal of Photography. Archived from the original on 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ↑ "Pérez Art Museum Miami acquires Colombian trans activist's portrait at Nada". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 2023-12-07. Archived from the original on 2025-01-23. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ↑ "Narratives in Focus: Selections from PAMM's Collection • Pérez Art Museum Miami". Pérez Art Museum Miami. Archived from the original on 2025-02-23. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ↑ "2022 TIME100 - Zendaya by Photograph by Camila Falquez for TIME". TIME Cover Store. Archived from the original on 2024-03-01. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ↑ "The 100 Most Influential People of 2022". Time. Archived from the original on 2022-05-29. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ↑ Abad, Paloma (2021-09-17). "Anya Taylor-Joy y sus incansables pasos rumbo a la cima". Vogue México y Latinoamérica (in Mexican Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ↑ Seoane, Xabier (2021-09-17). "De evasión y realidad: Anya-Taylor Joy protagoniza la portada de octubre en Vogue España". Vogue España (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ↑ Carlisle, Madeleine (2020-12-10). "December 21st, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 23". Time. Archived from the original on 2023-11-29. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- ↑ "Kamala Harris: The 100 Most Influential People of 2021". Time. 2021-09-15. Archived from the original on 2023-12-11. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- ↑ Verde, Isvett (2022-10-01). "The Guardians of the Future". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ↑ Har'el, Alma (2020-03-05). "Why Women's History Should Be Everyone's History". Time. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ↑ Delistraty, Cody (2021-05-28). "At Gagosian, Art That Does "More Than Just Quietly Sit on a Wall"". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ↑ "Camila Falquez • Photo Gallery". Vogue. 2021-06-24. Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ↑ Cardiel, Mateo Sancho (2022-05-28). "Camila Falquez, la gran retratista de la belleza inclusiva: "Yo siento que estoy frente a lo más sublime"". El País (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2023-12-09. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- ↑ Bardelli-Nonino, Chiara (2020-07-07). "Being in History". Vogue Italia (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2023-12-07. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
Further reading
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Portrait photographers
- Artists from Mexico City
- 21st-century Mexican photographers
- Mexican people of Colombian descent
- Artists from Barcelona
- Spanish photographers
- Spanish women photographers
- Mexican women photographers
- People from Bushwick, Brooklyn
- Photographers from New York City
- Spanish people of Colombian descent
- 21st-century American women photographers
- 21st-century American photographers