Camilo Him

Camilo Him
Born Camilo Him
Caracas, Venezuela
Occupation Fashion photographer
Website
camilohim.net
camilohim.tumblr.com

Camilo Him is a Paris-based fashion photographer, artist and film director.

Early life

Camilo Him was born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Both his parents immigrated to Venezuela from China. In his teens, he exhibited his works at interscholastic art exhibitions. After high school, he moved to southern California to study Urban Planning at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. However, after 3 years working in the field, he moved to New York City and to fashion photography.

Career

Camilos' works have been featured in international editions of Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, L'Officiel, Elle and Vanity Fair magazines.[1]

In 1999, IMG Models asked Camilo to join them at a maiden model casting trip to St. Petersburg, Russia. The casting was attended by over 800 model hopefuls from all over Russia, Belarus and Ukraine and heralded the invasion of Slavic models into the fashion industry. Since then Camilo has travelled back to Russia and Ukraine several times as a celebrity guest judge in beauty pageant competitions (including Miss Russia)[2][3] as well as in model/talent search events.[4][5] Camilo has helped organized fashion shows in Ukraine featuring designs from top European fashion houses including Balmain, Balenciaga, and Emanuel Ungaro, and has been commissioned by designer Christophe Sauvat to organize a few shows in Kiev for his Antik Batik label.[6][7]

Since 2009, Camilo has increasingly divided his time between photography and screenwriting. He is currently filming Exitus, a suspense thriller story he wrote.[8][9][10][11] Camilo is also in pre-production for his second film: LAX which he plans to start filming in the fall of 2014.[12][13][14]

Exhibitions

On February 2013, Camilo hosted his first solo exhibition at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week.[15][16][17] Entitled Big Shows, the exhibit was attended by top fashion designers, celebrities and seen by over 120,000 invitation-only-attendees.. [18]

Camilo donated all 30 (24” x 36”) aluminum prints from his exhibit to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for auction.[19] St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is a charity whose mission is the treatment and prevention of catastrophic diseases in children.

Anna Sui commented that Camilo's Big Shows photo exhibit represented her life 's work.

References

  1. ↑ "Camilo Him" Artslant.com
  2. ↑ Eugenia Eremina (2009-11-26). "The final qualifying round of the National Miss Russia in St. Petersburg" Moda.ru
  3. ↑ Love Radio (2009-12-17). "Tackling the finalists for Miss Russia 2010" LoveRadio.ru
  4. ↑ Lana Nicole (2013-08-30). "From the Editor" What's On Kiev
  5. ↑ "Model Citizen Pictures" Tumblr.com
  6. ↑ / Staff Writer (2003-07-25). "Lunch with fashion photographer Camilo Him" Kyivpost.com
  7. ↑ "Antik Batik I" Youtube.com
  8. ↑ "Exitus" IMDB.com
  9. ↑ Exitusfilm.com
  10. ↑ "Exitus" Tumblr.com
  11. ↑ Staff Writer (2013-12-19). "Backstage. Camilo Him. Exitus: A Glam Rock film" Parikmaxer.tv
  12. ↑ Jamee Beth (2014-08-19). "Filming Set to Begin This Fall on LAX, a Fashion Film by Camilo Him" Breakaway Daily.com
  13. ↑ "LAX" IMDB.com
  14. ↑ LAXthefilm.com
  15. ↑ Steven Dolan (2014-08-11). "A Raw Glimpse into New York Fashion Week’s Past" http://modaandestilo.com
  16. ↑ Anthony Mitropoulos (2013-02-22). "La semaine de mode automne-hiver 2013-2014 de New York" ellequebec.com
  17. ↑ "Camilo Him's Big Shows Photography Exhibit at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts" Artslant.com
  18. ↑ "New York Fashion Shows" Indiedogogo.com
  19. ↑ Jeffrey Horowitz (2013-04-23). "The Face Stars: Nigel Barker and Karolina Kurkova Join Fashion Designers and Celebrities in Support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital" Entertainment News Express.com

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