Martina Lopez (born 1962) is an American photographer known for her digital media works combining landscapes and 19th-century portraiture. She is currently a professor at the

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, although she is originally from

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Early life and education

Raised in a white middle-class neighborhood in Seattle, with seven other siblings of second generation Mexican descent, Lopez found inspiration in her personal life for her works. As a photography student at the

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in 1986, she dabbled in digital images. While still in school, her father died and Lopez turned to old photo albums to reminisce, when she did this the photos awoke a curiosity and she became inspired to rewrite the narratives differently than what the photographs presented. Lopez has a Bachelor's degree from University of Washington in Seattle, and a Master's degree in 1990 from the

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. She is currently a professor of Photography in the Art History department at the University of Notre Dame.

Collections

Lopez's work has been held at The Crossroads Gallery for Contemporary Art, in which curator David Travis writes an extensive description of her work in relation to the collection. Other museums holding her work include the

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, the

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, the

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and the

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Honors and awards

Awarded

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Visual Arts Photography Fellowship.

Publications

* ''Aperture Magazine, Portfolios 1: Computer Photomontage'' (1994) * ''Naomi Rosenblum's A World History of Photography'' * ''The Digital Eye by Silvia Wolf'' * ''100 Ideas That Changed Photography by Mary Warner Marien'' * ''Digital Photography: Truth, Meaning, Aesthetics by Steven Skopik''

Bibliography

* Sylvia Wolf,(1995). ''Memory/Reference: The Digital Photography of Martina Lopez,'' The Art Institute of Chicago * Aperture (1994) Vol.136, ''Martina Lopez,'' * Newsweek (1994), Barbara Kantrowitz, Vol.124, ''An Evolving Technoculture'',

References

External links

* http://www.martinalopezphoto.com {{DEFAULTSORT:López, Martina Living people University of Notre Dame faculty University of Washington alumni American graphic designers American women graphic designers Artists from Seattle School of the Art Institute of Chicago alumni 21st-century American women artists 1952 births American women academics