Black and White Photography Retrospective by William Riera

Galeria Adelmo is proud to present a retrospective exhibition of black and white photographs by Miami-based photographer William Riera. The exhibition will open with an artist’s reception on Friday, May 26th from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm and it will be on view until June 28th.

As described by the artist, at the present time most of his body of work is produced in color, but William acknowledges that the images he best connect with are those that once stripped of their colors make the viewer to pause and to look closely, accentuating their form, texture, and overall soul, proving that a photograph without color can be captivating.

The photographs in this exhibition are a selection of the artist’s impressive black and white photography portfolio that encompasses photos taken from his early beginnings when he was only shooting film up to the current days when he excels in digitally William Riera was born in 1967 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. In 1990 he graduated with the highest honors as a Software Systems Engineer from Havana’s Polytechnic University. In 1995 he moved to the USA, settling in Miami. Since 1998 he has devoted his professional career to the public sector working as an IT Developer and Project Leader for the Information Technology Department of Miami-Dade County.

Riera has exhibited his work around several local art galleries and other alternatives art venues where he has been selected as a finalist in several juried photography exhibitions like Capturing Coral Gables, Miami Photo Salon, and also he was selected as “Best in Show” in the Photo-voice Exhibition. He has also showcased his work in several local collectives exhibitions and in Vero Beach, Florida. His work has been featured in Coral Gables TV, El Nuevo Herald, magazine Dominicana en Miami, Cuban e-magazine Fullframe. Riera was also featured in the XVII Yearbook of the Literary Magazine “Baquiana” participating with their staff in their presentation at Miami’s Spanish Cultural Center and at the XXXVIII edition of Mexico City’s Palacio de la Minería International Book Fair. He is currently studying a Workshop about Photographic Criticism and Curatorial Studies taught by Página en Blando, a photography school located in Mexico City.

Galeria Adelmo located in the Little Havana district opened in April of 2010. Its primary goal is to represent and promote the art works of local established or emerging artists from South Florida and other areas of country and also from the rest of the Americas.