An article in the Greenfield Recorder describes Vital.Vibrant.Visible: Local Indigenous Identity Through Portraiture, on view at the Athol [Mass.] Public Library until June 30. One photo shows Lopez smiling as he stands near the Amherst College Sanctuary Trail Pond.
The exhibition, a collaboration between Rhonda Anderson, the Western Massachusetts Commissioner on Indian Affairs, and local photographer Sara K. Lyons, highlights “Indigenous people who live and work in the region [and who] were photographed in a location meaningful to them and each had control over how they chose to represent themselves,” writes reporter Domenic Poli. “The Athol Public Library is the third stop for the exhibit, which was on display at the Great Falls Discovery Center in Turners Falls in 2019 and later in the Mohawk Trail Regional School library.”
Lopez, who is Chumash and from California, was photographed while still a student at Amherst. He double-majored in American studies and environmental studies and was a Mellow Mays Undergraduate Fellow.