BIO
Ofelia Arzate is a Mexican-Canadian photographic artist living and working in Canada since 2013, currently based in the Annapolis Valley, Mi’kma’ki (Nova Scotia). Her work defies conventional frameworks and explores themes of solitude, individuality, and a profound, enduring ache for belonging. Through her imagery, she addresses her family’s tradition of unspoken vs unspeakable emotion, with the presence of her daughters in her work embodying an ambivalence between new and past experiences—ultimately revealing herself as her true subject.
She has been awarded by This is Reportage Family Awards and Inspiration Family Photographers, shortlisted by Documentary Family Awards, participated as a Juror for Inspiration Family Photographers Awards, and published by the This Detailed Life magazine.
Ofelia is available for family and portraiture sessions, events, creative collaborations, and commissions.
+1 780 263 9946
IG @ofelia_photo
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
2021 Shortlisted/Nothing is better than real life, Documentary Family Awards
2021 Shortlisted/Cellphone, Documentary Family Awards
2022 Reportage Family Awards/Collection 12 - Winner, This is Reportage Family
2023 Family Story Awards/Collection 20 - Winner, This is Reportage Family
2024 Best Family collection award/Collection 24 - Winner, Inspiration Family Photographers
2024 Best Family awards/Collection 43 - Honorable mention, Inspiration Family Photographers
2024 Best Family awards/Collection 44 - Winner, Inspiration Family Photographers
2024 Best Family collection award/Collection 26 - Honorable mention, Inspiration Family Photographers
2024 Best Family awards/Collection 46 - Winner, Inspiration Family Photographers
2024 Best Family awards/Collection 45 - Juror, Inspiration Family Awards
This Detailed Life/Edition 5, 2022
Photo Cereal Zine/Issue 1, 2021
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