Nereo Lopez Meza
Nereo Lopez Meza’s illustrious career was further recognized when the “Nereo Center for Photographic Education and Culture” opened in Bogota in 1987. Nereo: A National Photographic Homage was published in 1998. He was also awarded the Medal of Honor by the Colombian Ministry of Culture (the highest honor for an artist in Colombia). In 2000, Colombian President Andres Pastrana awarded Nereo with the Boyaca Order, the most important award granted by the Colombian government to Colombian citizens.
Nereo Lopez Meza is one of Colombia’s most renowned photographers. He began his career in Barranquilla, Colombia, in 1952, when he worked as a photographic correspondent for the national newspapers El Tiempo and El Espectador, and for the magazine Cromos. Nereo’s photographs are acknowleged as one of the most important visual accounts of the history of Colombia.
