Dichotomy:
A portraiture series by Camille Santiago

Camille’s first solo photography exhibition, DICHOTOMY, opened in February 2026
during the Exposure Photography Festival.

Featuring people of diverse ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, careers, and body types, DICHOTOMY explores identity within and beyond athleticism. The project challenges preconceived ideas of what athletes are, how they should look, and who they are allowed to be.

Born in The Philippines, raised in New Zealand and Australia,and now a Canadian for nine years, Camille’s perspective on identity and the human experience has been shaped by life as a three-time migrant.

As a petite, queer woman of colour who came into outdoor recreation in her late twenties,
Camille exists outside the narrow representations often seen in mountain culture and outdoor sports media.

This lived experience informs her work and reinforces a central belief of DICHOTOMY: that human beings are multi-faceted, and that everyone deservesto belong.

This project was made possible with the support of Arc’teryx Alberta.

Exhibition Details

This exhibition is now closed, however, please stay tuned for future dates as Camille plans on sharing DICHOTOMY far and wide.

If you are a gallery or exhibition curator and are interested in having DICHOTOMY featured in your space, please get in touch with Camille at hello@camillenathania.com.

Featuring

Baneen Al-Sachit
Cassie Ayoungman
Christian Bagg
Thana Boonlert
Cece Chow
Larissa Crawford
Alison Criscitiello

Chey Johns
River Lachlan
Nathan Menezes
Natalie Panek
Coralia Sevilla
Heidi Widmer
Janet Wong

Crew

Lighting & Digitech: Aiden James
Production Assistant, Video: Pauline Allio
Styling: Diana Jermann
HMUA: Joanne Black, Camila Flores
Studio: MAS Studios

A quote from Camille

“I don’t like putting people into boxes, because I myself have never cleanly fit into one. I exist outside the narrow representations often seen in mountain culture and outdoor sports media.

DICHOTOMY features people of colour; people from the 2SLGBTQIA+ community; people who have visible and invisible disabilities; people of different religious faiths.

I created DICHOTOMY for all the others—for those of us judged on our appearance, race, or gender;
for those under-represented in our fields; for those of us who, in 62 countries around the world, still cannot love freely without fear of persecution, imprisonment, or even death.”

Dichotomy: A portraiture series by Camille Santiago

Exhibition Details

Featuring

Crew

I created DICHOTOMY for all the others—for those of us judged on our appearance, race, or gender;for those under-represented in our fields; for those of us who, in 62 countries around the world, still cannot love freely without fear of persecution, imprisonment, or even death.”

hello@camillenathania.com

Dichotomy:
A portraiture series by Camille Santiago

I created DICHOTOMY for all the others—for those of us judged on our appearance, race, or gender;
for those under-represented in our fields; for those of us who, in 62 countries around the world, still cannot love freely without fear of persecution, imprisonment, or even death.”