Monique Campbell
Monique Campbell is a graduate of the Western Pacific Academy of Photography in Victoria, British Columbia in 1990 where she was honoured with the Ted Grant Excellence in Photojournalism Award.In 1994, she was awarded the Canadian Press Runner Up Picture of the Year for a news photograph showing a firefighter reviving a boy rescued from a fire. Thompson Newspaper Chain recognized this photograph as their Picture of the Year.Her image, Perspective was chosen by the Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts and exhibited at the Carrousel du Louvre in 2018 in Paris, France.The Latow Photographers Guild recognized her as a Master Photographer in 2020 in their evaluations program and she was awarded the Top Photo of the Year for the Guild in 2022 for image "Portrait of a Flemish Man.She was chosen as one of 52 finalists in the Salt Spring National Art Prize in 2021. Her piece, Venetian Laundry Day was accepted out of an overall 2756 submissions.Monique has been bestowed a number of awards including Honourable Mention at Homer Watson House and Gallery in November 2022, Third Place at Visual Arts Mississauga in January 2023 and Best In Show at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Women's Art Association Perception Exhibition in April 2023. In December 2022, Monique was elected into the Ontario Society of Artists. She is also a member of the Women's Art Association of Hamilton. The Hamilton humanist street photographer and fine photography artist makes her images locally and on her travels. Her work has been exhibited, collected, and published both nationally and internationally.
Monique Campbell seeks out ordinary moments in the world around her and makes photographs to document them. Her images of decay were found randomly on her drives on back country roads. A rusting car, a dilapidated drive-in or even an abandoned vintage chesterfield left in a field are all examples of the decaying state that she has found along the roadside. They speak of a different time and era but reflect our times of today. All of these images are a reflection of the disregard by some humans for the environment around them. By showing these images of dystopia in an artistic way, Monique hopes that others will pay more attention to the world around them and act towards being more environmentally accountable.