Originally from Mexico, Zoe Aparicio is a photographer and photo-educator recently relocated in Atlanta from Los Angeles, California.
His practice is rooted in a sustained inquiry into the interplay between subject, space, and narrative. Working across portraiture, documentary, and commercial modes, he creates images that inhabit the threshold between reality and fiction, aiming to evoke a psychological depth through ambiguity and atmosphere. Central to his approach is the use of mise-en-scène and controlled lighting to create environments where figures appear both situated and estranged. These constructed moments suggest narrative without resolving it, inviting the viewer into a space of reflection and speculation. The tension between the familiar and the enigmatic is a recurring theme in his work, one that he explores through a visual language informed by cinematic and painterly traditions. His interest lies not only in representation but in the affective potential of the image—the capacity of a still photograph to convey temporal complexity, emotional nuance, and interiority. By framing solitary gestures and charged spaces, he seeks to examine questions of presence, memory, and the layered dynamics of human experience.
Prior to relocating to the United States, he taught photography at the university level in Mexico, an experience that deeply shaped my pedagogical and conceptual framework. His work has been exhibited in cultural institutions and galleries across Mexico and the United States, including in Mexico City, Minneapolis, Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles.
Bachelor of Arts,Photography Major.