Full Name Miguel Gomez Known for Photography Role Visual Artist | Name Miguel Gomez Website Official website | |
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Born March 29, 1974 (age 49) ( 1974-03-29 ) Bogota Colombia Education Universidad de Bogota Jorge Tadeo Lozano | ||
Miguel Gómez (born March 29, 1974) is a New York City-based Photographer and visual artist, whose style is marked by/best known for his work in fine art photography, portrait, editorial and landscape photography.
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Gómez currently works between London and New York City.
Early Life and Education
He completed his secondary education at Colegio San Carlos, a bilingual private school which he attended from 1981 to 1992 in Bogotá, Colombia.
After completing secondary education, Gómez enrolled at the Architecture School of Bogotá's Universidad de Los Andes and eventually continued and finished his studies at Universidad de Bogotá, Jorge Tadeo Lozano with a Professional (Bachelor of Arts) Degree in Advertising with a Graphic Design Emphasis from 1994 to 1999.
While at Advertising school, Gómez decided to put all his efforts into pursuing a career in Photography. However, Gómez started working seriously in photography as early as 1989 and then in a continuous manner since 1991 - 1992 (his last two high school years), when he spent almost every day in the darkroom, shooting film with a complete 35mm kit.
His initial photographic interests were based on views of the street and urban landscapes. Later on, working as an assistant photographer (while still a university student), enriched his experience and put him in direct contact with commercial photography. In 1998, Gómez upgraded to medium and large film formats and soon also embraced the digital era. As a consequence of the exploration of these formats his body of work evolved with the development of broader topics.
Career
In 2000 Gómez's first editorial commission was for Architectural Digest Latin American Edition.
Later on his photographs were also featured in some of the most important local magazines: Fucsia,Cromos, SoHo, Estilo Fedco, Don Juan, Axxis, Semana, Rolling Stone. His work covered fashion, portraiture, architecture, stills and reportage.
Gómez provided work for almost every major publication in Bogotá for more than 5 years and for advertising agencies such as Lowe & Partners/SSP3 (Lowe Worldwide), Bates and Ogilvy & Mather. His work was also featured in The Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture.
In addition, Gómez lectured on different levels of photography at Bogotá's top universities for 7 years, and was offered a place as a lecturer in the Fine Arts School of the Universidad de Los Andes shortly before deciding to travel to the U.S.A., the U.K. and Continental Europe to focus on his personal work and expand his international experience.
Gómez has also lived and worked in Los Angeles, London, and is currently based in New York City where he works as a freelance photographer. He is also involved in artistic and curatorial projects and in photographic education.