Miguel Hortiguela was born in Madrid, Spain, from where he learned
his mother tongue, moved to Montreal at an early age, where he received
an excellent foundation in French, and currently lives in Toronto, where
he dedicates himself to the Art of Photography. Always searching for an
outlet to express his creativity, Miguel has also dabbled in music and
suspects that there may be a book stashed away in his soul.
“I was fortunate to have received an informal education in art and design
from my parents, and it was my father who encouraged me to pursue
photography as an outlet for expressing my creativity. However, it wasn’t
until after I’d enrolled in the Fish and Wildlife Program at Sir Sandford Fleming
College that I decided to purchase my first real camera. The rest is pictorial
history.”
Miguel has had the privilege of photographing spectacular homes, the
honour of accompanying a plane full of children participating in a Sunshine
Foundation trip to Disney World, completing a unique assignment with the
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, producing photographs along the
James and Hudson’s Bay coastlines, and the opportunity of
handling and photographing thousands of priceless artifacts and specimens
at the Royal Ontario Museum. Miguel was personally invited to the
United Nations to document celebrations for the 2010 International Day of
Non-Violence in New York, and in the autumn of 2011, completed a six week volunteer posting for CUSO International, travelling to Bolivia to document Development Aid Projects.
Miguel Hortiguela, 331 Trudelle Street, Unit 53
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M1J 3J9
Phone: 416-267-9027 Skype: miguel.hortiguela
