Sal Lopes

Who is Sal Lopes?

Salvatore Lopes is a photographer and printer of international renown, featured in encyclopedic indexes among the top hundred world photographers. He was a 2013 Anchor Award recipient, University of Hartford, recognizing individuals "who have distinguished themselves by achieving the highest level of professional accomplishments and who possess absolute standards of integrity and character".

He received his BA and MA from the University of Hartford in Connecticut. After teaching in the Hartford school system devising a photographic program to promote reading and writing skills, he joined Richard Benson’s studio in Newport, Rhode Island, in the 1970s. There, exhibitions and edition portfolios were produced from images by Paul Strand and Edward Weston.

Later, Lopes continued the printing business on his own and specialized in the archival 19th century technique of platinum prints, developing his own style of hand-coated prints.