Martha Camarillo is a self-taught photographer from Texas. Her first book, Remote Photos (Editions Léo Scheer, 2005), a collaboration with artist Avena Gallagher, was an in-depth look at the identity of teenage male and female models, made by giving the models themselves disposable cameras to be used by whomever they saw fit. Work from the project was exhibited at Léo Scheer Gallery, Paris, in 2005. Camarillo was the winner of the Hyères Festival, and the 2002 Art Director’s Award.
Currently she has released a second book "Fletcher Street" published by Powerhouse based on urban horse men who care and ride for their horses in the inner city of Philadelphia rough neighborhood, trying to keep the younger kids out of the temptations of today’s Ghettos. This work is exhibited at Jack Shainman gallery in Chelsea -NYC Nov 17-Dec 22/06. Book Launch Feb 1/07 at Powerhouse Arena in Dumbo – Brooklyn.
She is currently filming a documentary on the horsemen.