Joaquín Palting is the son of two academics. His mother was an artist who taught photography at institutions of higher learning and workshops in his childhood home. Joaquín’s earliest memories are assisting his mother, a landscape photographer, out in the field as she worked. Whether that meant carrying equipment or taking light meter readings, the creation of art was impressed on him from an early age. Joaquín’s mother, was a student of two quintessential photographers in the history of photography, Brett Weston and Jerry Ulesman. Hints of that photographic lineage, and tradition, can be found in Joaquín’s work.
Early in his 20 plus year career, Joaquín moved to Los Angeles, where he quickly established himself as an editorial and advertising photographer. Working bi-coastally, between Los Angeles and New York, Joaquín counted: The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Nike, Nordstrom, Footlocker, Virgin, Warner Brothers Records, and Sony among his numerous clients.
In 2015 Joaquín decided to shift his focus from commercial photography to building an art practice and becoming an art educator and academic. As a visual artist, he is known for his conceptual storytelling, creating works using traditional large format photography, video, and performance. His art has been exhibited internationally and featured on the websites of countless contemporary photography tastemakers, including Aperture, Float Magazine, Landscape Stories, Lens Culture, LenScratch, and Urbanau
