Francisco Gonzalez Camacho
Semifinalist
Francisco Gonzalez Camacho (born 1990, Granada, Spain; lives Espoo, Finland) has a BA from the University of South Wales, Newport, UK. He has exhibited internationally, including at the Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA; Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki, Finland; and Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts, Hokuto, Japan. His work is held in the collections of the Amedeo Modigliani Foundation, Rome, Italy; Kiyosato Museum of Photographic Arts; and Museum of Avant-Garde, Mendrizio, Switzerland. He received an Art & Photo Book Award from Booooooom, and was a finalist for the Carte Blanche Student Competition from Paris Photo. Gonzalez Camacho’s work has been featured in publications including Booooooom, C41 Magazine, Der Greif and GUP Magazine.
Statement from the Artist:
Gonzalez Camacho’s work presents a process-based approach interweaving photography and graphic printing methods. His practice is a result of intuitive exploration centered around themes such as materiality, immigration and the connectedness between landscape and self.