Christopher Lopez

Christopher López (b.1984), a Puerto Rican-American photographer and teaching artist, was born in The Bronx and was raised between New York and Northern New Jersey. He began his career as an independent photographer in 2005 starting at the New York City based paper, El Diario La Prensa. To date, most of his works have been made on the island of Puerto Rico. Often by exploring diminishing histories, his photographs celebrate the richness of culture as well as portray the complexities of identity both on and off the island. His work was most notably exhibited in the exhibition, “Caribbean; Crossroads of the World” which spanned three museums in New York City and showcased over 100 years of Caribbean art from the region's most prominent artists. He has piloted programs for the Aperture Foundation in New York City and CUP’s City Studies program at the International Community High School in The South Bronx. His artworks are currently in the permanent collections of El Museo Del Barrio, The World Trade Center Memorial Museum, and The Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery.