José A. Alvarado Jr.

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Location: New York City, New York

Nationality: Puerto Rican American

Biography: José A. Alvarado Jr. is a Puerto Rican photographer dedicated to documenting class inequality, civic engagement, and contemporary issues in Puerto Rico and New York City. He works primarily in long-form storytelling, using visual imagery... MORE

Maria Ríos, a 62-year-old careg...e Bronx, for The New York Times

Maria Ríos, a 62-year-old caregiver and victim of a violent attack at the hands of Marcus Gomez where she was stabbed with a kitchen knife in the face, chest, armpits, and arms – 37 times in all in The Bronx, for The New York Times

Michael J. Jones, an inmate at ...Heights, for The New York Times

Michael J. Jones, an inmate at Five Points Correctional Facility serving a ten-year prison sentence for assaulting three NYPD police officers and slashing a man in the back of his head with a utility knife in Washington Heights, for The New York Times

Chef Jose Luis Chavez, co-foun...eviche, for The New York Times

Chef Jose Luis Chavez, co-founder and owner of Mission Ceviche, for The New York Times

Jose Alvarado, an asylum-seeker...the facility bathrooms, for NPR

Jose Alvarado, an asylum-seeker who arrived in New York City from Venezuela, sits at his camp after he was expelled from the Clinton Hill shelter due to an incident in the facility bathrooms, for NPR

Street food vendors Patricio Ca...ria Calle, right, for Gothamist

Street food vendors Patricio Campo Verde, center-left, and Maria Calle, right, for Gothamist

Nicholas D. Lowry, auctioneer ...leries, for The New York Times

Nicholas D. Lowry, auctioneer and president of the vintage poster department of Swann Auction Galleries, for The New York Times

Christian Smalls, an ex-Amazon...n warehouse in the US, for Vox

Christian Smalls, an ex-Amazon worker fired during the pandemic and leader of the movement to unionize the first Amazon warehouse in the US, for Vox

Sarah Cameron Sunde, performance artist, for Gothamist

Tim Keller, theologian and co-...y, for The Wall Street Journal

Tim Keller, theologian and co-founder of Redeemer City to City, for The Wall Street Journal

Agustina Velez, a mother and t...Corona, for The New York Times

Agustina Velez, a mother and tenant in the neighborhood of Corona, for The New York Times

New York–based Britis...r yi Hou, for Cultured Magazine

New York–based British artist, Oscar yi Hou, for Cultured Magazine

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,...essional district, for LeMonde

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Representative for New York's 14th congressional district, for LeMonde

Power Malu, director of specia...l LES historian, for Chalkbeat

Power Malu, director of special events and programming with Overthrow Boxing gym, captain of the urban running crew Bridgerunners, artist, activist, and unofficial LES historian, for Chalkbeat

"Residente" René Pér...idente, for The New York Times

"Residente" René Pérez Joglar, Puerto Rican Grammy award-winning rapper and writer known professionally as Residente, for The New York Times

Shahiyda Dewalt, left, and Sik...ers of Simeria Dewalt, for NPR

Shahiyda Dewalt, left, and Sikrett Roberson, right, daughters of Simeria Dewalt, for NPR

Ryan Clark, retired NFL player... Clark, for The New York Times

Ryan Clark, retired NFL player and host of The Pivot podcast, Ryan Clark, for The New York Times

Sergio Ajche attempts to keep ...veries, for The New York Times

Sergio Ajche attempts to keep warm by moving about on Lafayette Street and Broom Street near Lt. Petrosino Square as he waits for deliveries, for The New York Times

Karen Roman with her children ...Harlem, for The New York Times

Karen Roman with her children Zeniah Lopez, Joel Rodriguez, King Browing, and Kamren Browing outside of their old apartment on E118th Street in Spanish Harlem, for The New York Times

Lieutenant at the Yonkers Poli...ation, Charlie Walker, for NPR

Lieutenant at the Yonkers Police Department and the head of the Yonkers Guardians Association, Charlie Walker, for NPR

Hernan Santiago Cortés Sr., 67...uakes in his hometown, for CNN

Hernan Santiago Cortés Sr., 67, a displaced resident of Guanica, Puerto Rico that is currently living in Manhattan New York due to the ongoing earthquakes in his hometown, for CNN

Alejandro Quiles Garcia, 40, m...metown in Puerto Rico, for CNN

Alejandro Quiles Garcia, 40, middle, and his son, Alexander Quiles Cortés, 7, sit at a relative's home in Manhattan, New York, and take advantage of a rare morning uninterrupted by the ongoing earthquakes in their hometown in Puerto Rico, for CNN

Justin Marshall and his vibran...hicken, for The New York Times

Justin Marshall and his vibrant green male Quaker Parrot, Chicken, for The New York Times

Former head of the NAACP in Yo...nkers United States of America

Former head of the NAACP in Yonkers, Karen Edmondson, for NPR Yonkers United States of America

Russell Patrick Brown, a musician and coder, for Gothamist

Tanya Newton, Mother of Jamar N...isorder, for The New York Times

Tanya Newton, Mother of Jamar Newton, an individual charged with attempted murder and sentenced to eight years in prison in June after a psychotic episode stemming from his bipolar disorder, for The New York Times

Alexander Cecil McNab, 23, a b...curity, for The New York Times

Alexander Cecil McNab, 23, a black Columbia University senior that was confronted by security officers after walking through the gates of Barnard College without showing his I.D. that led to accusations of racial profiling by campus security, for The New York Times

Former Yonkers police commissi...ville United States of America

Former Yonkers police commissioner, John Mueller, for NPR Pleasantville United States of America

John Breedan Jr, 62, an 11-yea...native, for The New York Times

John Breedan Jr, 62, an 11-year MTA bus driver and Brooklyn native, for The New York Times

Joan Solotar, senior managing ...s, for The Wall Street Journal

Joan Solotar, senior managing director at Blackstone and global head of private wealth solutions, for The Wall Street Journal

Josh Harris, a co-founder of A...b, for The Wall Street Journal

Josh Harris, a co-founder of Apollo Global Management, the second-largest U.S. private-equity firm, and co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers, New Jersey Devils, and Crystal Palace Football Club, for The Wall Street Journal

Sheikh Musa Drammeh, a communi...t 181st St., for BuzzFeed News

Sheikh Musa Drammeh, a community leader who spoke at the public funeral for the Bronx fire victims at 333 East 181st St., for BuzzFeed News

In early March as the peak of ...s meet, for The New York Times

In early March as the peak of COVID-19 overwhelmed New York City, Rochester native and Brooklyn local, Lea Polizzi, 24, was laid off from her job as a nanny. After a sequence of troublesome months searching for work in a dormant city, Polizzi resorted to constructing masks and selling them online to make ends meet, for The New York Times

Nathaniel Evans, a former casew... charge, for The New York Times

Nathaniel Evans, a former caseworker for Elijah Muhammad, a 31-year-old diagnosed with mental illness and died while at the George R. Vierno Center on Rikers Island for an assault charge, for The New York Times

Christine Batiz, whose mother ...pect Avenue, for BuzzFeed News

Christine Batiz, whose mother and 8-month-old daughter died in the 2017 Bronx fire at 2363 Prospect Avenue, for BuzzFeed News

Sarah Hughes, director of arti...t, for The Wall Street Journal

Sarah Hughes, director of artistic programming, left, and Stephanie Rolland, theatre rows new director of theatre operations, right, for The Wall Street Journal

Andrew Sokoloff Diaz, 32, Jacq...ts building, for BuzzFeed News

Andrew Sokoloff Diaz, 32, Jacqueline Cosme, 30, and their son Sebastian, 1, a married couple that along with hundreds of neighbors, many of whom are immigrants were displaced after a fire took place in their Jackson Heights building, for BuzzFeed News

Amy Tichenor, Manager of the R...ar Rockaway, for The Intercept

Amy Tichenor, Manager of the Rockaway Brewing Company, in the brewery taproom that has been repurposed into a soup kitchen for first responders and healthcare providers in Far Rockaway, for The Intercept

Rosalee Gibson, co-owner of Birdcamp, for The New York Times

Breanna Elleston, 27, the best... Bronx fire, for BuzzFeed News

Breanna Elleston, 27, the best friend of Sera Janneh, who died in the recent Bronx fire, for BuzzFeed News

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders...n New York City, for Vox Media

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, center, energizes a crowd of supporters, various members of unions in New York City, and members of the press outside the Amazon facility in New York City, for Vox Media

Richard Rosenblum, former comm...s, for The Wall Street Journal

Richard Rosenblum, former commodities trader and global head of oil derivatives trading for Goldman Sachs, for The Wall Street Journal

Ramon Pacheco, a Brooklyn resi... years, for The New York Times

Ramon Pacheco, a Brooklyn resident that has run an ice cream trunk in lower Manhattan for the past 27 years, for The New York Times

Don Bridges, an avid Yankee fa...n ticket holder, for Gothamist

Don Bridges, an avid Yankee fan and season ticket holder, for Gothamist

Ray McGuire, mayoral candidate...at Central Park, for Bloomberg

Ray McGuire, mayoral candidate for New York City, at Central Park, for Bloomberg

Professor for the Department o...od in The Bronx, for Chalkbeat

Professor for the Department of Ethnic and Race Studies at Borough of Manhattan Community College, Remysell Salas, left, sits for a portrait with his nephew, Emilio Salas, right, after a busy afternoon distributing bags of produce to residents of the Allerton neighborhood in The Bronx, for Chalkbeat

Tariq Haq, Owner of Corner Deh...s, for The Wall Street Journal

Tariq Haq, Owner of Corner Dehli, inside his restaurant amongst various Bollywood movie posters as he prepares to reopen his 5th Avenue, Brooklyn restaurant for take-out orders, for The Wall Street Journal

NYPD Deputy Inspector Stewart ...t, for The Wall Street Journal

NYPD Deputy Inspector Stewart Loo of the Asian Hate Crime Task Force at his office in the Manhattan 13th Precinct, for The Wall Street Journal

Andreas Koutsoudakis Jr., 36, ...y, for The Wall Street Journal

Andreas Koutsoudakis Jr., 36, a restaurant lawyer at Koutsoudakis & Lakovou Law Group and Owner of TriBeCaâ€™s Kitchen, sits in a booth with a portrait of his father, Andreas Koutsoudakis Sr. who died of Covid-19 in March, before the evening dinner service in late February, for The Wall Street Journal

Leroy Green, House of Glory wrestler, for VICE

Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S...axwell, for The New York Times

Audrey Strauss, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, leads a news conference where she announced the arrest of Ghislaine Maxwell, for The New York Times

Tammie Teclemariam, a freelanc...gazine, for The New York Times

Tammie Teclemariam, a freelance food and drinks writer, and whose recent tweet of a photo of Bon Appétit editor in chief helped spur his resignation and a reckoning over institutional racism at the magazine, for The New York Times

Evander James, House of Glory wrestler, for VICE

After commuting over one hundr...orders, for The New York Times

After commuting over one hundred blocks from Inwood to the Upper West Side by electric bicycle, Natanael Evangelista makes his way to the corner of W78th Street and Amsterdam, a typically high volume corner for orders, for The New York Times

Carlos Sanchez, Father of Luz S...latform, for The New York Times

Carlos Sanchez, Father of Luz Sanchez who in January of 2021 shoved a woman onto the track of the Bronx borough subway platform, for The New York Times

Jacob Morris, director of the ...r Hill, for The New York Times

Jacob Morris, director of the Harlem Historical Society, stands on the corner of Edgecombe Avenue and W 155th Street, which was renamed Thurgood Marshall Boulevard and Charles Hamilton Houston Boulevard and enjoys a crisp February afternoon in the historical Harlem neighborhood of Sugar Hill, for The New York Times