Alejandro López de Haro Ramirez (January 8, 1949 – May 24, 2010) "Diario Las Americas," May 24, 2010 was a Venezuelan photographer, writer and stockbroker.
Biography He held a Bachelor of Science in business from Bryant College and an MBA in Finance from New York University.
After founding and managing Bancalf, an investment bank and brokerage house, in Caracas, Venezuela for twenty years López de Haro eventually sold his company and retired to Paris, France and Madrid, Spain. Here he dedicated most of his time to photography and writing. His writings have been published in Analitica Venezuela and the topics usually had to do with the arts and politics. In 1997, he was admitted into the British Institute of Professional Photography until he decided to dedicate himself to art photography rather than more commercial photography. López de Haro worked mostly with platinum prints. In November 2005 his first book of photographs and poems Los Crepúsculos de la Imaginación was published by Lodima Press. Notable buyers of the book have included the Maison Européenne de la Photographie and Karl Lagerfeld's art bookshop Librairie 7L in Paris.
Los Crepúsculos de la Imaginación was included in the list of 100 best photography books by PHOTOESPAÑA 2008.Lavastida, Iliana "La Revista del Diario," September 25, 2009 López de Haro's photographs were exhibited at the National Library of Spain.Lavastida, Iliana "La Revista del Diario,"September 25, 2009 His photographs have been exhibited in Paris, Los Angeles and Madrid.Lavastida, Iliana "La Revista del Diario," September 25, 2009 "Centro de Arte Moderno" Madrid, Spain. November 7, 2007-December 12, 2007
His second book, Apuntes de la India, a collection of photographs and essays was published in February 2014 by delCentro Editores in Madrid, Spain.Libreria del Centro "Apuntes de la India" February 2014
His father was Venezuelan businessman Antonio López Fajardo.
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Interview with Alejandro López de Haro (in Spanish) "Los Crepúsculos de la Imaginación" Booktease Lodima Press feature on Los Crepúsculos de la Imaginación Librería del Centro feature on "Apuntes de la India" Analitica Venezuela has López de Haro's articles in its archives Alejandro López de Haro's blog Website