BIOGRAPHY

Internationally renowned photographer and platinum printer Sal Lopes is exhibited in the United States and abroad; publications and monographs feature his work. Over 150 of his images are in museum collections including: The Art Institute of Chicago, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, The Chrysler Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles), Cleveland Museum of Art, and Musee de L’Elysee in Lausanne, Switzerland.

He has had more than fifty exhibitions at venues including: The International Center of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, The Chrysler Museum, The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Williams College Museum of Art, and The Jepson Center at the Telfair Museum in Savannah.

His photographs appear in magazines ranging from Newsweek and National Geographic to French PHOTO, Black & White Magazine and Shutterbug. Larger bodies of work have been published in the books The Wall: Images and Offerings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial published by Harper/Collins and Living with AIDS: A Photographic Journal published by Little/Brown.

Noted photographers, museums, and galleries, have trusted him with their most important printing projects. Printing clients include: Horst P. Horst, Herb Ritts, Mary Ellen Mark, Edward Weston Estate, Paul Strand Estate, Aperture, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ruth Bernhard, Robert Rauschenberg, Phil Trager, Keith Carter, Judy Dater, George Platt Lynes, Peter Lindbergh, Anderson and Low, and many others.

HIS PERSONAL WORK IS IN THE COLLECTIONS OF...

• Telfair Museum, Savannah, GA
• Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
• Lehigh University Art Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
• Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen, Mannheim, Germany
• Musee de L'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
• The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA
• The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA
• The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk VA
• Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover MA
• Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford CT

GALLERIES
Staley/Wise Gallery
560 Broadway
New York, NY 10012 USA
Tel. 212 966-6223
Fax 212 966-6293
www.photo@staleywise.com

Art Galerie Kunstmarkt fur Siegen
Helga Oberkalkofen
57072 Siegen,Germany
Tel. 0271/339603
Fax. 0271/339601
http://www.galeriedart.de
rahmen@galeriedart.de

EXHIBITS

• Jepson Center at the Telfair Museum, Savannah,GA 2012
• Jack Leigh Gallery, Savannah, Georgia 2006
• Hunter/Fox Gallery, New York 2004
• Reiss-Engelhorn Museen, Mannheim, Germany 2003
• Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland 2002, "Nine Eleven"
• Danforth Museum of Art, Framinham MA, 2000
• Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, "Horse Attitudes: Examining the Equine" (group show), 1999
• Williams Colege Art Museum, Williamstown MA, 1997
• The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk VA, 1994
• Arvada Center for the Arts, Arvada, Colorado 1990
• International Center of Photography, New York NY, 1990, "The Indomitable Spirit" (group show)
• Grove Gallery, University of California San Diego, San Diego CA, 1989
• Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover MA, 1989
• Carroll Reece Museum, East Tennessee State, 1988
• The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL, 1988
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco CA, 1988
• The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk VA, 1988
• Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC 1987
• Springfield Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, MA
• Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford CT, 1974

BOOKS

THE WALL: IMAGES AND OFFERINGS FROM THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL
Collins Publishers, 1987, Out of print, limited availability
From Publishers Weekly: "This volume, to be published on the fifth anniversary of the dedication of the national shrine, includes photographs by freelance photographer Lopes and 16 other photojournalists, and excerpts of letters placed at the wailing wall by families, friends and war buddies of the dead and missing whose names are engraved there "the mystery of death writ in stone 58,132 times." This American family album is deeply moving in its simplicity: "Damn you, brother why didn't you come back? ... I still love you, and I'd love you if you came back in one piece, or your arms or legs or mind gone." Among the 75 poignant color and black-and-white pictures photographed with respect, a child is lifted by a veteran to plant a kiss on a name; flowers, teddy bears, flags and uniforms grace the polished black granite. In his introduction, Vietnam veteran and freelance writer Norman discusses the controversy over the Wall's design and mourns a friend who substituted for him on patrol: "He may have died for his country or for his God or for nothing at all. For a long time, I thought he died for me."

LIVING WITH AIDS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNAL
Little Brown & Company, 1994, Out of print, to purchase, see note below
An unblinking look at the dignity and hardship of those valiantly living with AIDS, and the people in their lives.

From “Library Journal”: "Sal Lopes has compiled three separate essays. Analagous to his earlier collection on the Vietnam Memorial, his first collection here captures the emotional responses of visitors to the AIDS quilt. His next group offers dual protraits of PWAs and their volunteer caregivers, called "buddies." The third collection offers candid and posed pictures of John and Sharon Boyce and their adopted HIV-positve children."

From “Ingram”: "In the first book to look at the daily courage and humanity of people afflicted with AIDS, Lopes offers a vital message of encouragement, strength, and, most of all, hope. Introduction by Vicki Goldberg (The Power of Photography)."
To purchase a copy: This limited edition hard-cover book has been printed on high-quality semi-gloss paper. The images in the book were hand-selected by Sal from his Living WIth AIDS series. The copies for sale through Sal have been autographed by him, and are available while supplies last. If you wish to purchase a copy, please contact Sal directly. He will contact you to make the proper arrangements.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS
• Who’s Who in Visual Art, 100 Photographers, 2011-2012
• HORSE: Kelly Klein, Rizzoli, 2008
• Living With AIDS: A Photographic Journal, Bulfinch/Little Brown, 1994
• The Wall: Images and Offerings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Collins, 1987
• Photography Speaks, Vols. 1&2, Brooks Johnson, Aperture Publications
• Pandemic: Facing Aids, 2003, Umbrage Editions
• The Vietnam Experience, Time-Life Books/Boston Publishing, 1990
• Time-Life Photography Yearbook, Time-Life Books, 1980

MAGAZINES
• Focus Magazine
• Shutterbug Magazine
• Black & White Magazine
• Photo District news
• National Geographic
• PhotoPro Magazine
• King (Italian Magazine)
• People Magazine
• German Geo
• Newsweek
• French PHOTO

NEWSPAPERS
• New York Times
• New York Times Book Review
• Washington Post
• Detroit news
• The Boston Globe
• Providence Journal
• Buffalo News (Sunday Magazine)
• Dallas Pilot
• Kansas City Star (Sunday Magazine)

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