Alejo Lopez is a scientific macro photographer and documentary field specialist based in Colombia, dedicated to studying and photographing moths and the natural world.
Working deep in the Colombian Andes, Alejo moves through landscapes where a clear river runs alongside a small community committed to its preservation. The region, known as Jacaranda, sits within one of the most biodiverse corridors on the planet — a place where each new location holds unknown potential until the search begins in earnest.
His images are made at close range, isolating his subjects against deep blacks or the surfaces of living foliage. The results sit somewhere between scientific specimen and formal portrait — wings rendered with the precision of engraving, bodies alive with texture and color that daylight alone would never reveal.
For Alejo, the work is inseparable from the place. The Andes are not simply a backdrop but an active condition — altitude, moisture, and forest density all shape what appears and when. A new site never announces itself. It has to be found.
We asked Alejo to share with us some of his favorite images for this Profolio.
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Instagram: www.instagram.com/junglediamonds
