| Camille Solyagua | |
| Birth Date: | 1959 |
| Alma Mater: | University of California, San Diego (BA) Middlebury College (MA) Academy of Art College |
| Known For: | Photograms |
| Website: | https://www.camillesolyagua.com/ |
| Birth Place: | Denver, Colorado |
Camille Solyagua (born 1959) is a Portland-based photographer known for her photograms of plants, insects and animals.
Solyagua was born in Denver, Colorado. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish Literature from University of California, San Diego in 1984, a Master of Arts in Spanish literature from Middlebury College in 1985, and studied at the Academy of Art College between 1989 and 1990.[1]
Many of Solygua's works are photograms photographs made without a camera. Her photography focusses on the natural world, including plants, animals and insects.[2] In a review of her 2007 exhibition at the Charles A. Hartman gallery, The Oregonian noted that each of her photos was made in a darkroom with no camera and unlike photographs that can be endlessly reproduced, each was "one-of-a-kind". The review also described her work as "spiritual but unromantic" and "[having] an unflinchingly scientific eye".[3] A 1997 New York Times review of a group exhibition at the Candace Perich Gallery described her photographs as "emphasis on design and symmetry with an eye toward the fantastic".[4]
Solyagua is based in Portland, Oregon.[5]
Photographs by Solyagua are in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[6] the Santa Barbara Museum of Art,[7] and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[8]