Ángel Gurría-Quintana grew up in Mexico City, where he studied photography for many years. Since 1997 he has lived in Cambridge, U.K. His photographs have been exhibited in Mexico, Greece, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S.A., and have been selected for online galleries and awards.
REVIEWERS SAY:
"The images have a delicacy, poetry and precision in tone, line and form... sometimes whimsical, sometimes elegant... confidently handling varied subject matter, from the human figure to still life." (LensCulture Portfolio Review, 2026)
"...visual poetry... the pictures present high artistic value... [A] feeling of balance characterizes the images, and by extension, the vision of the person behind this camera." (LensCulture Portfolio Review, 2025)
"...photographs feel like an invitation into liminal worlds... invitations to witness and to feel... a creative mind and spirit... It's important to have artists like [him], with sensitivities like [his]." (LensCulture Portfolio Review, 2024)
"...talented, thoughtful, creative, and sensitive". (LensCulture Portfolio Review, 2023)
"...a skilled image-maker with a strong sense of composition and light." (LensCulture Portfolio Review, 2023)
"...exquisite images... wonderfully surreal." (LensCulture Portfolio Review, 2021)
"...an affinity and a talent for photographically reacting to the human form." (LensCulture Portfolio Review, 2021)
"There is a lot to explore in this work... the photographs explore very interesting aesthetic and conceptual ideas about beauty and the female form." (LensCulture Portfolio Review, 2021)
"... a talented photographer with high aesthetic criteria and a restless spirit... All images are perfectly executed and composed." (LensCulture Portfolio Review, June 2021)
"... technically and visually strong work." (LensCulture Portfolio Review, 2019)
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AWARDS, EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS:
*First Place Winner (Amateur/Nude), Fine Art Photography Awards (2026)
*Nominee (Amateur/Nude), Fine Art Photography Awards (2026)
*"In the Nude Volume No. 2", Chateau Gallery, (10.03- 01.05 2026)
*The Colour Library: Blue - A Shutter Hub Editions Publication (2026)
*"Diptych", group exhibition, Praxis Gallery and Arts Center, Minneapolis (21.03-11.04 2026)
*"Polaroid: The Instant Image", group exhibition, Praxis Gallery and Arts Center, Minneapolis (21.02-14.03 2026)
*Honorable Mentions (Amateur/Nude), Monochrome Awards (2025)
*1st place, Gold Star, Fine Art, ND Awards(2025)
*Honorable Mention, Analog/Film, ND Awards (2025)
*Gold Winner (Fine Art), Prix Photographie Paris (2025)
*Gold Winner (Human/Intimacy), Analog Sparks Awards (2025)
*Honorable Mention (Abstract), Minimalist Photography Awards (2025)
*Silver Winner (Fine Art/Nude), Tokyo International Foto Awards (2025)
*Nominee (Amateur/Nude), Fine Art Photography Awards (2025)
*Honorable Mentions, Monochrome Awards (2024)
*Gold Winner, Tokyo International Foto Awards (2024)
*"Polaroid Dreams", Cambridge Open Studio (2024)
*"Inside/Outside", solo exhibition, Stir, Cambridge (2021)
*Honorable Mention, International Photography Awards, One Shot Street Photo (2019)
*Everything I Ever Learnt, Shutter Hub exhibition, Cambridge (2019)
*Merit, Photoshoot Awards (2019)
*A Color Moment, PhotoPlace Gallery, VT (2019)
*Nominee (Amateur/Fine Art), Fine Art Photography Awards (2018)
*Honorable mention, Monochrome Awards (2018)
*Merit, Photoshoot Awards (2018)
*"In a different light", solo exhibition, Stir, Cambridge (2018)
*Honorable Mention (Amateur/Nude), Monochrome Awards, 2017
*Honorable Mention (Non-professional/Fine Art), International Photography Awards, 2017
*Honorable Mention, Moscow International Foto Awards 2017
*Photo Portrait Exhibition, curated by Elizabeth Avedon, SxSE Gallery, Molena, GA (November 2017)
*Finalist, Henri Cartier Bresson Passporte Prize for Street Photography, 2017
*Finalist, TZIPAC Eros Award (October 2017)
*Art on a Postcard, The Print Space, London (October 2017)
*Body/Image, Dark Room Gallery, Essex Junction, VT (2017)
*Portrait, Blank Wall Gallery, Athens (2017)
