Dick Lopez
| Dick Lopez | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 8, 1941 Brooklyn, New York, United States |
| 🏳️ Nationality | American |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Known for | Photography, Graphic Design |
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Dick Lopez (born June 8, 1941) is an American Graphic Designer and a fine arts photographer.
Biography
After spending 24 years in graphic design and marketing communications, Dick Lopez embarked on his second career as a fine arts photographer after graduating with his Master's of Fine Arts degree from the School of Visual Arts in 1994. Within a few years, he initiated a new movement on Long Island focused on photography as fine art and related media, assuming the position of Founding Director of the Long Island Center of Photography. [2] Formerly, Dick Lopez was the President and Managing Director of Lopez Salpeter Inc., where he worked with Bob Salpeter and other distinguished graphic designers, architects, industrial designers, photographers, and writers. As an industry consultant, Dick Lopez provided design, marketing communications, and strategic planning services for Fortune 100 Companies. Dick Lopez’s work has been widely exhibited, recognized by such organizations as the American Institute of Graphic Arts [3], International Association of Business Communicators, Center of Photography at Woodstock,[4] and the Federal Design Council,[5] and was featured in Graphis,[6] Print,[7] and Art Direction.
Publications
- Fidelity and Images[8]
Fidelity is a quarterly publication that was published from 1980 to 1986 and included the works of Stephen J. Wilkes, Art Kane, Bill Farrell, Bill Hayward, Joe Diamond, Stanislaw Zagorski, José Cruz, Michael Aron, Seymour Chwast, Istvan Banyai, Christopher Blumrich, Chris Maynard, Regina DeLuise, Stephan Green-Armytage, and Stuart Smith. Images was a one-time publication featuring the photographic images by Dick Lopez.
- Sacred Remains [9]
Sacred Remains is a book that includes photographs and poetry by great American poets. Its narrative explores the issues of politics, family, and faith and how we negotiate between these conflicting forces. Sacred Remains is also about visitors to our national military cemeteries, as well as unofficial and largely forgotten gravesites of falling soldiers. Its significance relates to remembering our military dead and understanding what these hallowed grounds offer the living. Sacred Remains: © 2020 Dick Lopez, Author. Photography: © 2020 Dick Lopez. Concept, Design and Narrative Text: ©2020 Dick Lopez. Foreword by permission, Mindy Kronenberg.
Founder of Long Island Center of Photography
Founded by Dick Lopez in 1996, the Long Island Center of Photography (LICP) promotes diversity and creativity in the fields of photography and related media, with an emphasis on the character and history of Long Island. Since its inception, LICP has conceived and promoted numerous programs and events tailored to the interests and needs of the region. These include workshops, seminars and exhibitions, regional photography competitions, special presentations of emerging contemporary photographers, speaker programs, and other community outreach initiatives. [10]
Using conferences, competitions, exhibitions, publications and websites, LICP inspires, educates and informs photographers, helping them to realize their talents and to advocate the value of photography among the media, arts, business and government.
Under Dick Lopez’s leadership, the Long Island Center of Photography has accomplished the following: [11]
The Little Gallery is one of many programs introduced by the Long Island Center of Photography. In the fine tradition of Alfred Stieglitz, the Little Gallery program as originally conceived was developed as a creative forum for Long Island-based photographers, artists, writers, poets, and musicians. It is open to anyone interested in pursuing art. This group meets monthly to review, critique, and discuss art in the spirit of cooperation and friendship.
PACE Gallery was founded by the Long Island Center of Photography in 1998 in support of Parent And Child Education Program (PACE) to encourage photographers and artists within the Long Island community to present work dealing with parenting, child development, education and communications. LICP co-sponsored approximately four exhibitions per year while encouraging amateurs, physically and mentally challenged persons, seniors, and professionals to participate in this community outreach program. In total, LICP has presented numerous exhibitions at the PACE Gallery.
Contemporary Exhibitions featured the distinguished works of noted photographers. One such project was a retrospective exhibition at the Nassau County Museum of Fine Art on the work of Horst P. Horst, an internationally distinguished photographer who resided in Oyster Bay, NY. Other artists included fine art photographers and educators Jeff Smith, Keisha Scarville, and Ester Jove Soligue.
LICP and the Manhasset Public Library launched the much acclaimed speakers program entitled Photo Focus. Since its inception, there have been photography-based presentations by numerous distinguished photographers including Barbara Bordnick, Sandra Carrion, Chuck Fishman, Ben Gest, Bob Gruen, Barbara Jaffee, Christopher Payne, Stephen Wilkes, and others. The program then expanded its offering to include educators, industry representatives, technology specialists, painters, writers, art critics, collectors and students.
LICP and the Freeport Memorial Library introduced Great Photographers: A Series of Movies. This program, offered at no charge to residents of Long Island, provided an excellent opportunity of screening movie documentaries of great photographers followed by stimulating discussion. Some of the titles include What Remains: The Life and Work of Sally Mann; American Photography: A Century of Images; Ansel Adams: American Experience; and Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens.
LICP partnered with the Photo Federation of Long Island (PFLI) and other photography-based organizations in co-sponsoring seminars, exhibitions, and events. LICP supported PFLI sponsorship of a seminar program offered at the African-American Museum that was attended by members representing 28 chapters of PFLI, LICP, and Nassau County residents.
LICP, along with the African-American Museum of Nassau County, developed “Family Portrait Day” that documented the community for archival purposes and offered complimentary portraits to its participants. This project culminated in an exhibition that was shown in the fall of 2011 and featured in Newsday. [12]
Images For The New Millennium: A Long Island Focus On Photography was a symposium held at Nassau Community College. It offered participants the opportunity of examining trends in photographic theory, technique, and technology with exhibitions curated by the Long Island Center of Photography and special presentations by participating business and civic organizations.
LICP also created numerous networking opportunities to increase awareness of the important role of photography within the Long Island community.
In September 2012, the Long Island Center of Photography consolidated its programming by convening a group of LICP senior members to assume responsibility of the organization and to explore ways of advancing the organization’s mission. As part of this transition, Dick Lopez stepped down from his position of Chief Executive Officer and from the Board of Directors. [13]
For additional information, refer to the Long Island Center of Photography’s website. <https://www.licenterofphotography.com/>
References
- ↑ Portrait of Dick Lopez, used by permission, © Alyssa Lopez 2013. Retrieved 2022-02
- ↑ Department of State, Division of Corporations for the Long Island Center of Photography, Inc. DOS ID:2212461
- ↑ “AIGA Design Archives” (http://designarchives.aiga.org) designarchives.aiga.org. Retrieved 2021-03
- ↑ “Woodstock Times Archives” Woodstock / November 30, 1995. Retrieved 2021-03
- ↑ “Graphics: NY Archives,” March 1978. mailto:[email protected]. Retrieved 2021-03
- ↑ “Graphis Archive” Graphis / Graphis 194 / Volume 33 (Nos 189-194) 1977 / 78. Retrieved 2020-01
- ↑ “Print Archives” Print / Print XXVII.III, mailto:[email protected]. Retrieved 2020-12
- ↑ All Fidelity and Images photographs used by permission and remain the property of their originators. Fidelity and Images publications © 1980 –1989 Dick Lopez, Author. Design: Dick Lopez, Doug Tait and Bob Salpeter.
- ↑ US Copyright registration number: TXu 2-243-635, effective date: September 23, 2020. Sacred Remains: © 2020 Dick Lopez, Author. Photography: © 2020 Dick Lopez. Concept, Design and Narrative Text: ©2020 Dick Lopez. Foreword by permission, Mindy Kronenberg.
- ↑ “Dick Lopez” Long Island Center of Photography Prospectus, mailto:[email protected]. Retrieved 2020-07
- ↑ “Facebook Archives” Long Island Center of Photography (LICP) Photographs, Posts, Articles, and Videos of Programs and Events from 1998 – Present.
- ↑ “Newsday Archives” Newsday / Monday, November 14, 2011. Retrieved 2020-07
- ↑ Long Island Center of Photography’s Archive. https://www.licenterofphotography.com/
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