Born to a Cuban mother and Puerto Rican father in New York City, and raised in Florida, photographer Joseph Michael Lopez began working as a documentary cinematographer, notably on the critically acclaimed Bruce Weber film, Chop Suey. Lopez’s recent solo work gravitates toward filmic still images, book forms, haptic installation and has been exhibited in New York and Berlin. He studied with photographer Danny Lyon and at Columbia University, where he holds an M.F.A. Lopez’s editorial work has appeared on the cover of the Sunday Review of The New York Times, New York Magazine and The New Yorker.
Education
2011 Master of Fine Arts, Columbia University, New York City
Awards
2012 Nominated for PDN'S 30 2013: New and Emerging Photographers to Watch
2012 Shortlist for MONO by Gomma
2011 Nominated invitation for MAGNUM Foundation Emergency Fund for Birth Write: Patriarchy and Lust
2011 The Lotos Foundation Prize in the Arts and Sciences
2010 Artist Level Runner-Up, JGS Photography Contest, Second Quarter
Artist Talks
2013 Columbia University School of the Arts
2012 Yale University School of Art
2012 Montclair State University College of the Arts
Publications
2013 Le Journal De La Photographie CLICK HERE
2013 PDN Photo Of The Day CLICK HERE
2012 Dear New Yorker featured on the New York Times LENS blog CLICK HERE
Reviews
2013 The New Yorker, January 11, Goings On About Town: Street Shots/NYC, Vince Aletti CLICK HERE
Group Exhibitions
2013 We Don’t Owe You A Thing, curated by Carl Gunhouse, Ridgewood, New York
2013 Museum of the City of New York, Street Shots/NYC, curated by Sean Corcoran,
South Street Seaport Museum, New York City
2012 Everything That Rises Must Converge, curated by Carl Gunhouse & Ginevra Shay, Current Space, Baltimore, Maryland & 950 Hart Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
2011 The Emerging Landscape: Photographs and Drawings Exploring Natural and Imaginary Phenomena, Society Contemporary, New York City
2011 MFA Thesis Exhibition. Columbia's University School of the Arts, curated by Larissa Harris, Fisher Landau Center, New York
2010 B-SIDES, 6-8 Months Project Space, New York City
2010 First-Year MFA Exhibition, Miriam & Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery, New York City
Solo Exhibitions
2009 What is Real, The Wall Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Collections
Peter Fetterman
Marshall Sonenshine
The Hirsch Library, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas