@ngcamillee | Photo | Video
+ Thoughts On My Artistic Process +
A picture is a poetic object for the story it tells: depending on the angle, the light, the framing, the subject, and the post-treatment choices.
A picture is intentional, for it exists only because a photographer had an interest in taking it. A picture is also the person who takes it, their understanding of the moment, the environment, the model, the political situation; all within their own motives.
A picture contains two paths that crossed: the subject and the photographer. It takes personal involvement, time, patience, and a lot of missed shots. Photography is a flammable passion that can burn you out. And now more than ever, in this century full of images that can be seen as competition.
A picture is never granted. It’s a dialogue; it’s an exchange. Never forget to credit your photographer. Never forget that changing its form is fundamentally altering what has been created.
Thank you to all the people who follow my little journey in the world of live music—thank you for all that you give me in this beautiful exchange.
+ Contextualization +
Born in Belgium, I am a bilingual individual who’s been active for many years in various non-profit musical organizations in Brussels, and found a new nest in Toronto in October 2020 - especially in the live music community. Through my education (BA with Honours in Communication) and work with both large-scale artistic organizations and local arts scenes, I am well versed in building strategic plans for the enrichment of artists and audiences.
+ Formal Training +
I've had a camera in my hands since I was thirteen and my only formal training came during my Communication Studies and a Portrait Photography course at OCADU Continuing Studies. I started taking pictures of the Toronto live music community in November 2021 and have since been wandering around Drom Taberna, The Cameron House, Jazz Bistro, La Palette, Pamenar, The Emmet Ray,… I am naturally drawn to live music, and capture close shots of musicians while they’re playing. My work is focused on composing with natural lights wherever I go and my pictures have been described as poetic, warm, intense.
+ Community Involvement & Achievements +
Alongside my photography work, I've also taken the lead on Video Production for the Drom Artist Collective. I am the Content Creator & Marketing Manager at Drom Taberna. I've been working on various projects, documenting the live music community in the vibrant and multicultural city of Tkaronto. Using my diverse skillset of Communications, Marketing, Visual Arts, I aim to promote artists and build communities by connecting them with the public.
I have been documenting Doghouse Orchestra since 2022. I have been their photographer & videographer on tour in Spring and Summer 2025, during their tour in Alberta and at Mariposa Folk Festival.
Photographer & Videographer for Lemon Bucket Orkestra in 2024.
Photographer & Videographer for Lemon Bucket Orkestra in 2024.
+ Exhibitions +
Images of Immigration in Song
// She Said Gallery (Toronto), November 7 - 14, 2025
// She Said Gallery (Toronto), November 7 - 14, 2025
In this upcoming exhibition, I am exploring the sound of Tkaronto via its musicians. Music exists thanks to the journey of migrations, and Tkaronto is one of the most multicultural cities in the world.
The aim is to display the many stories of (im)migrant musicians via interviews and photo portraits.
Jazz Insiders
// SAW Center (Ottawa), October 2024
// SAW Center (Ottawa), October 2024
Participation in a group exhibit for the Latin Jazz Conference organized by the Latin Hub
Pay-What-You-Can (if you can, you must)
// She Said Gallery (Toronto), August 16 - 22, 2024
// She Said Gallery (Toronto), August 16 - 22, 2024
A tribute to all my friends who've chosen music as their path, in a world that takes it for granted. To all the warriors who've chosen to cultivate their inner light and spread it to others - often, to the cost of financial and mental health instability.
This 6 days exhibit displayed pictures of live musicians from the Toronto scene, as well as some inner dialogues that will hopefully raise awareness on the crucial importance of attending & supporting live music, and paying musicians for the low cost art-therapy they deliver to wide audiences.
"Camille started taking photos of myself and my bandmates in these spaces and I’ve watched her technical skill develop tremendously with limited resources in the short time I’ve known her. She navigates dimly lit spaces (some of Toronto’s notoriously worst lit rooms) and works hard to understand how she must wield her instrument to form the precise picture in her mind as clearly in her photograph."
Singer/Musician-Songwriter Rebekah Hawker