About Me
Camilla Martineli is a Australian/Brazilian photographer and visual storyteller based in Philadelphia. Her work spans three continents including Asia, North and South America.
Her career started in Philadelphia where she attended Tyler school of Art. Her work focuses on issues surrounding immigration as well as indigenous and displaced communities. In 2017, she traveled to India to work on an ethnographic research project documenting a village of cattle herders in the Gujarati desert. Her book, Sat Nam records her experience in India and covers life in the indigenous community of Jeseda, the open food markets in Dhrangadhra, cotton farmers in rural Gujarat and everyday life in the harsh climates of the Indian desert.
Camilla has been the recipient of the Temple Scholarship in 2017 and the E. Rosen Scholarship in 2018. She was chosen to display her series, Right to Exist at the Pingyao Student exhibition in China, in September of 2019. Her first solo show in December of 2019 displayed photographs from Right to Exist at Gravy Studios. Camilla displayed the continuation of Right to Exist in 2021 and Stories of the Sun in March of 2022 at JKC Gallery.
Contact
camillamphoto@gmail.com