Montse Campins

Barcelona, 1955

Montse Campins (Barcelona, 1955) is a photographer trained in California. She began her career in fashion and advertising photography, which she combined with teaching. Her work addresses social issues such as the role of women and explores historical photographic techniques, such as cyanotype, in dialogue with digital media.

Montse Campins, a photographer trained at Elisava (Barcelona) and the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena (California, USA), lives and works in Barcelona, focusing mainly on photographic experimentation. Since her first group exhibition in 1983, she has continuously presented creative work and new aesthetic approaches, showing a genuine interest in social photography. She has explored themes such as the role of women today through portraits of women named “María.” In projects like Traveling with Olga, she journeys through overlapping layers of time and space, often blending reality and fiction. Her work is characterized by a free vision and a broad aesthetic concept, seen not as a stylistic resource but as a harmony that precedes simplicity. Always tied to research and experimentation, Montse combines ancient techniques with digital photography, video, and storytelling. In the series The Cadence of Cyan, she experiments with cyanotype, creating a rhythm through repetition that invites viewers to explore new readings with each duplicate, producing a hypnotic cyclical temporal illusion. Montse Campins challenges imagination and highlights the potential of ancient practices, expanding them hand in hand with a digital, ever-changing present.