Nelson Alvarez is a Cuban-born architect, photographer, and educator whose work explores the intersection of memory, heritage, and the built environment. Trained in Havana and Venice, Alvarez combines architectural rigor with a keen eye for light, shadow, and human presence.

His photography captures the subtle dialogue between space and experience, revealing how architecture preserves traces of life, even in silence or decay. Whether documenting urban environments, dance, theater, or the human form, his images convey their underlying message even in dim light or dramatic shadows, seeking the moments where physical and emotional landscapes converge.

Through his lens, spaces become more than structures—they are vessels of memory, repositories of lived experience, and testimonies to time’s passage. His work invites reflection on how the environments we inhabit hold stories we cannot always see, but can deeply feel.