NATHALY
LOPEZ ALVAREZ


Nathaly Lopez Alvarez, La puerta abierta (The door left open), 2026, Digital chromogenic print. Courtesy the artist. 

Nathaly Lopez Alvarez, Borde de terciopelo (Velvet edged), 2026 , Digital chromogenic print. Courtesy the artist. 



ARTIST STATEMENT


For me, photography is showing the world things that maybe only I see; it’s a way of understanding. Photographs show the world a part of you. When people see my photos, I want them to relate; I want them to feel connections to the experiences or feelings that I convey in my images. I’m focused on taking photos that communicate how I feel and allow others to feel those things too.         




ABOUT THE ARTIST


Nathaly Lopez Alvarez is a student at Claremont International High School and lives in Harlem. She takes portraits at home and in her community around 108th Street in Harlem. She takes both color and black-and-white photos. She loves photos with lots of shadows and landscapes. She also photographs things that remind her of her childhood and her home in the Dominican Republic, where she lived before moving to New York in 2024. 




FROM NATHALY’S CAMERA ROLL

Nathaly Lopez Alvarez, Where Flowers meet the city, 2026. Smartphone camera photograph. Courtesy the artist.