Marcos López injects social commentary with humor in his exuberant color photographs. In one image, he spoofs American commercial interests in Argentina by juxtaposing a costumed Statue of Liberty with an American Airlines billboard. In other photographs from the series, which is titled "La Argentina Pop," he parodies the country's president, its wealthy class, and Fidel Castro. Born in Santa Fé in 1958, Marcos López studied at the Escuela de Cine in Cuba. He has had one-person exhibitions of his photographs in Argentina, Cuba, and France. López has also made several documentary films on a variety of subjects, including Pino Solanes' film El Viaje, the painter Marcia Schwartz, and Buddhist monasteries in Nepal. Back to Main Page Next Artist Previous Artist

Buenos Aires, la ciudad de la Alegría [Buenos Aires, City of Happiness], 1993. El Jugador, Córdoba [The Player, Córdoba], 1995. Carnaval Criollo, Buenos Aires, 1996 Todo por Dos Pesos, Córdoba [All for Two Pesos, Córdoba], 1994. Fidel en la Sierra Maestra, 1994. All images are chromogenic prints.