Salvador Espinoza is a photographer born and raised in New York City. Primarily a documentary photographer and photojournalist, he specializes in focusing on social issues by photographing realistic slices of everyday life.
His work has won awards from The Queens Council on the Arts as well as The New York City Council, and has been published in The New York Times, BBC News, and Rolling Stone. He is currently an educator at the Bronx Documentary Center, and is a co-founder of Back to the Lab. He is proud to still call Long Island City his home, where he lives with his dog Miles.
Presented by Back to the Lab and Photoville, in partnership with PhotoWings
Recipient of the 2022 Photoville & PhotoWings Educator Exhibition Grant
During the summer of 2021, teenage students from the Jackson Heights and Elmhurst areas participated in a two-week intensive beginner photography workshop facilitated by Back to the Lab, a local photography organization.
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Q100 was photographed by Salvador Espinoza during 2016. The only method of public transportation to and from Rikers Island, the Q100 bus originates in his hometown neighborhood of Long Island City.
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