Raised in Havana, Cuba, Rogelio López Marín (Gory) (b.1953) studied at both the National School of Art (1973, BFA) and the University of Havana (1978, MA). For over fifteen years, he worked as a photographer for the Cuban Cultural Ministry Magazine. In 1991, he exiled Cuba by way of Mexico and in 1992, relocated to Miami, Florida, where he has worked as an independent artist. He revisited photography in 2000 with newfound fervor and dynamism. Gory has exhibited in many prestigious institutions including the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Grey Art Gallery at New York University; the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; and the C. Grimaldis Gallery in Baltimore, MD. His works are included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Biblioteca Nacional in La Habana, Cuba, among others.