Gabriel S. Lopez – BOOOOOOOM! – CREATE * INSPIRE * COMMUNITY * ART * DESIGN * MUSIC * FILM * PHOTO * PROJECTS

Gabriel S. Lopez is a photographic artist primarily based in his hometown of Echo Park, Los Angeles. When he discovered his strategy to images on the age of 14, Lopez started making portraits of his buddies and classmates, later turning to social media as a strategy to discover topics. He’s devoted to a hands-on strategy from begin to end—printing his pictures in a colour darkroom, which permits him full management over the image-making course of.

What began as an entertaining pastime has now change into a ardour for Lopez, providing a strategy to categorical and higher perceive himself. “My work facilities round capturing queer black and brown youth throughout the Los Angeles Space in addition to myself in a weak and particular gentle,” he explains. “Intricate composition and colour are key elements of my work. My objective is to invoke feelings or ideas when somebody is taking a look at my work.”

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