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. She later emigrated to New York, United States, at the age of 21, and has since been based in Bushwick, Brooklyn. Falquez grew up in her mother's art studio and traveled with her to major European museums.
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.
Notable works
- In 2022, Camila Falquez photographed Zendaya for TIME, in the TIME100: The Most Influential People of 2022.
- In 2021, Falquez photographed Anya Taylor-Joy for the cover of Vogue México y Latinoamérica and Vogue España, both for their October issue.
- In 2020, she photographed US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
- Falquez's works have been published in a number of established publications, such as The New York Times, The Guardian, TIME Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue, and El País, among others.
- Falquez is also known for Being In History and Gods That Walk Among Us. These works were created to display the beauty within marginalized communities.
References
- ^ Rosen, Miss (2022-05-25). "Photographer Camila Falquez creates new paradigms of beauty, power & liberation". i-D. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- Finney, Alice (2021-02-12). "Spotlight: Camila Falquez". British Journal of Photography. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- "2022 TIME100 - Zendaya by Photograph by Camila Falquez for TIME". TIME Cover Store. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- "The 100 Most Influential People of 2022". Time. 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). 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). Retrieved 2023-12-07.
- Carlisle, Madeleine (2020-12-10). "December 21st, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 23". Time. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
- "Kamala Harris: The 100 Most Influential People of 2021". Time. 2021-09-15. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
- Verde, Isvett (2022-10-01). "The Guardians of the Future". The New York Times.
- Har'el, Alma (2020-03-05). "Why Women's History Should Be Everyone's History". Time. 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. Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- "Camila Falquez • Photo Gallery". Vogue. 2021-06-24. 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). Retrieved 2023-12-09.
- Bardelli-Nonino, Chiara (2020-07-07). "Being in History". Vogue Italia (in Italian). 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