IRENE LÓPEZ PH.D.
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Why I Take Pictures

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I first started taking pictures when my father was dying. My relationship with my father was never easy and his death brought a host of complicated feelings that often left me at a loss for words. Unable to describe what I was feeling, I began to take pictures - of everything, from his hospital bed to the food he was served while in the hospital. I didn't want to forget anything and somehow taking photos reassured me that I wasn't going crazy, that my father was indeed dying and that it was my job to bear witness to it.

Since that time I have been obsessed with taking photos. I am particularly drawn to textures, colors  and words- images of objects that scream to be touched and seen and read. To bear witness to those things that cannot be fully described by words.  



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  • About Me
  • Teaching
    • Teaching Philosophy >
      • Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
      • Samples of Innovative Teaching
    • My Teaching Blog
    • International Teaching >
      • Kenyon Copenhagen (2021)
      • Franklin University Switzerland
      • Ecuador - USFQ (2020)
      • Fulbright in Hungary! (Spring 2020)
      • Saudi Arabia - Effat University (2016)
      • Kenyon in Rome (2012) >
        • Snapshots of Rome
        • Rome >
          • Visit to Insane Asylum (Santa Maria della Pieta)
        • Travel throughout Italy >
          • Abruzzo
          • Pompeii
          • Venice
          • Florence
          • Siena
          • Fumone
      • Semester At Sea (2010) >
        • Japan
        • China
        • Viet Nam
        • India
        • Mauritius
        • South Africa
        • Ghana
        • Brazil
    • Teaching Awards >
      • Henry David International Mentoring Award (2015)
      • Trustee Teaching Award
    • Students >
      • Need a Recommendation?
  • Research
    • Areas of Interest >
      • Ataques de Nervios
      • Acculturation
      • Colorism
      • Class
    • CV
    • Citations >
      • Academia.Edu
      • Research Gate
  • Service
    • Focus Groups with Syrian Refugees (2014)
    • APA Delegation to Cuba (2012)
  • Photovoice
    • Photovoice in Puerto Rico
    • Photovoice in Haiti
    • Photovoice in the Dominican Republic
    • Photography Project with Rania Matar
  • Photography