Hannah Traore Gallery is pleased to present a selection of works by Camila Falquez at Paris Photo. Born in Mexico and raised in Spain, Colombian photographer Camila Falquez creates photographs that harness the traditions of fashion and portrait photography to honor a contemporary spectrum of diversity.
Channeling the conventions of surrealism with a vibrant color palette, Falquez’s portraits are as much painterly productions as they are photographic, or even performative – she paints her own sets, creates the props, and employs bold-colored fabrics to lend these works an added layer of regality. Falquez reinterprets the traditional use of draped fabric in Western painting, transforming it into a symbol that challenges and redefines concepts of power and beauty.
All unique editions, the portraits in this presentation stem from four of Falquez’s ambitious projects: Compañerx (2023–2024), Being (2018–ongoing), Arewa (2021–ongoing), and The Orishas (2023– ongoing). Compañerx incorporates photography, protest art, and video within the context of Colombia’s first bill to protect trans and nonbinary individuals. Made in collaboration with Plataforma Ley Integral Tran, writer Cesar Vallejo, and stylist Lorena Maza, the series was originally shown in Bogotá in July 2024. Being is a visual manifesto aimed at redefining and reclaiming monumental ideals, reshaping perceptions of power and beauty to highlight stories of survival and liberation often overlooked by colonial narratives. Arewa is a portrait series documenting the close relationship between Falquez and Arewa Basit, a trans performer and activist in New York City. This collaboration delves into the physicality of the trans experience and the process of self-discovery and becoming. The Orishas is an ongoing exploration of Latin American religious iconography within the African diaspora and its connection to gender identity. The series currently spans Brazil, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, investigating specific deities and religious figures in the Caribbean and Latin America and their potential to express ideas of freedom through a queer perspective.
Hannah Traore Gallery is pleased to present a selection of works by Camila Falquez at Paris Photo. Born in Mexico and raised in Spain, Colombian photographer Camila Falquez creates photographs that harness the traditions of fashion and portrait photography to honor a contemporary spectrum of diversity.
Channeling the conventions of surrealism with a vibrant color palette, Falquez’s portraits are as much painterly productions as they are photographic, or even performative – she paints her own sets, creates the props, and employs bold-colored fabrics to lend these works an added layer of regality. Falquez reinterprets the traditional use of draped fabric in Western painting, transforming it into a symbol that challenges and redefines concepts of power and beauty.
All unique editions, the portraits in this presentation stem from four of Falquez’s ambitious projects: Compañerx (2023–2024), Being (2018–ongoing), Arewa (2021–ongoing), and The Orishas (2023– ongoing). Compañerx incorporates photography, protest art, and video within the context of Colombia’s first bill to protect trans and nonbinary individuals. Made in collaboration with Plataforma Ley Integral Tran, writer Cesar Vallejo, and stylist Lorena Maza, the series was originally shown in Bogotá in July 2024. Being is a visual manifesto aimed at redefining and reclaiming monumental ideals, reshaping perceptions of power and beauty to highlight stories of survival and liberation often overlooked by colonial narratives. Arewa is a portrait series documenting the close relationship between Falquez and Arewa Basit, a trans performer and activist in New York City. This collaboration delves into the physicality of the trans experience and the process of self-discovery and becoming. The Orishas is an ongoing exploration of Latin American religious iconography within the African diaspora and its connection to gender identity. The series currently spans Brazil, Cuba, and Puerto Rico, investigating specific deities and religious figures in the Caribbean and Latin America and their potential to express ideas of freedom through a queer perspective.
