Alejandro López de Haro Ramirez (January 8, 1949 – May 24, 2010) was a Venezuelan photographer, writer and stockbroker. He held a

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in business from

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and an

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in Finance from

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. After founding and managing Bancalf, an investment bank and brokerage house, in

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for twenty years López de Haro eventually sold his company and retired to

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and

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. 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

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until he decided to dedicate himself to

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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

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and

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'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. López de Haro's photographs were exhibited at the

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. His photographs have been exhibited in Paris,

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and Madrid. 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 Centr

"Apuntes de la India" February 2014 His father was Venezuelan businessman Antonio López Fajardo.

References

External links

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
1949 births People from Caracas Venezuelan photographers Venezuelan male poets 2010 deaths 21st-century Venezuelan poets 21st-century Venezuelan male writers {{Venezuela-poet-stub