JOSÉ A. ALVARADO JR.
Based in New York, US

First self-portrait under social distancing at my apartment in Ridgewood, Queens, NYC April 10, 2020.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — First self-portrait under social distancing at my apartment in Ridgewood, Queens, NYC April 10, 2020. During these times of solitude, as a means to combat the pandemic in our city, I've used the time to reflect on why I chose photography to serve as my voice, how the artform initially inspired me, and why I continued working on stories that touch me. Who else has been working in...

May 30, 2020

Portrait of Kimba in Manhattan before the pandemic hit, March 2020

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Portrait of Kimba during golden hour in Manhattan before the pandemic forced the the city that never sleeps to pause in March 2020.

May 11, 2020

News

Portrait of Bronx native Avant-Garde musician, Jypsy Jeyfree.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Jypsy Jeyfree, the Bronx native Avant-Garde musician and member of the New York City funk band “IGBO”, in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn.

Apr 24, 2020

Media News

Banks Gave Richest Clients ‘Concierge Treatment’ for Pandemic Aid

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Nadeige Choplet, owner of the clay studio, Choplet Gallery and Ceramic Studio on 238 Grand Street in Brooklyn, is one of many small business owners around the country that had applied for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) but didn’t receive a loan before the program’s funds ran out, despite applying early. Photographed for The New York Times . Words by Emily Flitter...

Apr 23, 2020

Media News

Once Bustling Brooklyn Street Goes Quiet

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — In today's paper 4/21/20, Greater New York Section. Merchants close their doors and wait for aid; some subsist on pickup and delivery business, photographed for The Wall Street Journal. ...

Apr 22, 2020

News

“Young people have a duty to defend their country with weapons of knowledge.”

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — “Young people have a duty to defend their country with weapons of knowledge.” - Pedro Albizu Campos, September 12, 1891 - April 21, 1965; Leader of the Puerto Rican Nationalist Party. A statement that rang true when El Maestro delivered it, rings even truer for us presently and in times to come.

Apr 21, 2020

Media News

On a Vibrant Street in Brooklyn, Businesses Are Struggling for Survival

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Merchants close their doors and wait for aid while some subsist on pickup and delivery orders. On a Vibrant Street in Brooklyn, Businesses Are Struggling for Survival Small-business owners on a busy Brooklyn shopping stretch are struggling to keep their stores up and running. “Does it make more sense to just roll over and close?” one asks.

Apr 20, 2020

Events News

Diversify Photo COVID-19 Relief Print Sale

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Mi Gente! The Diversify Photo COVID-19 Relief Print Sale has been extended until April 20! All photographs sold will support photographers of color financially impacted by COVID-19. Prints are $65 each. You may also donate to artists directly via PayPal or Venmo which is listed with their photo. 100% of proceeds go directly to the artist! Thank you Diversify Photo for this incredible...

Apr 15, 2020

News

View out of my window, April 13, 2020.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — ...That you are here—that life exists and identity, That the powerful play goes on, and you may contribute a verse... - W.W. View out of my window, April 13, 2020.

Apr 14, 2020

News Spotlight

In Ponce There is a beach Without broken glass In the sand.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — “In Ponce There is a beach Without broken glass In the sand The ocean has Twenty-twenty vision Is safe to breath On this beach There are no splinters In the wind” - Pedro Pietri

Apr 14, 2020

News

The Little Barbershop on Suydam

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — New narrative documenting a seventy-seven-year-old Puerto Rican barber and his forty-year-old shop in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn. Link below: JOSÉ A. ALVARADO JR. , The Little Barbershop on Suydam The Little Barbershop on Suydam On a mid-July day in 2016, one of the hottest in New York City’s history, I wandered down Suydam Street in...

Apr 5, 2020

Media News

Thursday Briefing: Shuttered businesses in Brooklyn. The economic fallout from the pandemic is spreading beyond tourism and related industries.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Thursday Briefing: Shuttered businesses in Brooklyn. The economic fallout from the pandemic is spreading beyond tourism and related industries. Coronavirus, Jobs, Ellis Marsalis Jr.: Your Thursday Briefing Here's what you need to know.

Apr 4, 2020

News

Friday Briefing: New York City officials on Thursday urged residents to wear face coverings in public.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Friday Briefing: New York City officials on Thursday urged residents to wear face coverings in public. Coronavirus, Masks, Jobs: Your Friday Briefing Here’s what you need to know.

Apr 3, 2020

News

New York Was Not Designed for Emptiness

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — "The energy, the traffic, the crowds are all gone. Only the vacant streets remain, waiting for the actors to return to the stage." New York Was Not Designed for Emptiness The energy, the traffic, the crowds are all gone. Only the vacant streets remain, waiting for the actors to return to the stage.

Mar 30, 2020

Media News

Coronavirus Stimulus Plan Shortchanges N.Y., Officials Say

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — An employee of Milly's on Broadway and Park Avenue goes over a list as he prepares to open up the pizza parlor for takeout and delivery orders, Brooklyn, New York, US, March 25, 2020. José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times

Mar 27, 2020

News

Sybil and her Falconer

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Katharine Eisenhart, 29, an apprentice in falconry, with her 12.2'' American kestrel, Sybil, at their home in Upstate New York.

Mar 24, 2020

Media News

C.D.C. Gives New Guidelines, New York to Close Restaurants and Schools and Italian Deaths Rise

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — No gatherings of 50 or more for now, urges the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. People at Chelsea Market in Manhattan on Sunday. Late on Sunday, the C.D.C. recommended no mass gatherings of 50 people or more in the U.S. for eight weeks. Credit: José A. Alvarado Jr. for The New York Times C.D.C. Gives New Guidelines, New York to Close Restaurants and Schools and Italian...

Mar 19, 2020

News

2020 - NPPA Best of Photojournalism, OVP Features (Large Team), 2nd Place, The New York Times - “65 block parties, 5 boroughs, 20 photographers: See what they found”

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — 2020 - NPPA Best of Photojournalism, OVP Features (Large Team), 2nd Place, The New York Times - “65 block parties, 5 boroughs, 20 photographers: See what they found” The New York Times Photographs: Mark Abramson, José A. Alvarado Jr., Gabriella Angotti-Jones, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, Gabriela Bhaskar, Sarah Blesener, Oscar Durand, Kholood Eid, Demetrius Freeman, Todd...

Mar 18, 2020

News

Titi Giacinia at my Grandfather Angel-Luis’ home in Villalba, Puerto Rico, February 2020.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Titi Giacinia at my Grandfather Angel-Luis’ home in Villalba, Puerto Rico, February 2020.

Mar 16, 2020

News

Portrait of Robert Sanganoo Jr.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Portrait of Robert Sanganoo Jr., 30, taken after we completed his NY state university applications. In 2011 at the age of 21, Robert was diagnosed with Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis. Prior to his diagnosis, he had been an active person, playing sports his entire life. He hopes to be accepted into an undergraduate major heavily based online as his limited mobility requires him to make...

Mar 13, 2020

Media News

Meet the Latinos Trying to Get Latinos to the Polls

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — “My experience living at the margins of how Latinidad has been constructed, particularly being Afro-Latinx and queer, makes me fight to make sure we continue to expand it for those who want to be a part of it,” - Jonathan Jayes-Green Latinx outreach director for Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, for The New York Times. Meet the Latinos Trying to Get Latinos to the Polls...

Mar 3, 2020

Media News

Mom and Pop Millionaires Are Driving Blackstone’s Growth

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Joan Solotar, Blackstone’s head of private-wealth solutions, for The Wall Street Journal Mom and Pop Millionaires Are Driving Blackstone’s Growth Individual investors have become one of Blackstone Group’s biggest sources of growth, a departure for an alternative-asset giant built on relationships with the world’s largest institutions.

Feb 27, 2020

Media News

The New York Times SUNDAY ROUTINE: MELISSA SILVERSTEIN

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — SUNDAY ROUTINE: MELISSA SILVERSTEIN, founder of the Athena Film Festival and Women & Hollywood, for The New York Times How a Champion of Female Filmmakers Spends Her Sundays When Melissa Silverstein is not spending time with her beloved dog, she is taking Hollywood to task.

Feb 26, 2020

Media News

Birdcamp Could Close. People Are Panicking`

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Justin Marshall receives a small beak-bump from his ever engaging and comical Quaker Parrot, Chicken, in the Crown Heights neighborhood in Brooklyn for @nytimes . Amongst the bustling streets of Manhattan's Turtle Bay neighborhood, sits Birdcamp, a small intimate bird store specializing in lodging the various feathered friends of locals in New York City. The railroad-style store...

Feb 4, 2020

Media News

CNN: For Puerto Rico's earthquake families, trauma continues thousands of miles from home.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — They survived a tanking economy, Hurricane Maria and political strife. But earthquakes proved to be too much. My recent work for @CNN - link below: https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/29/us/puerto-rico-earthquakes-new-york-family/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_content=2020-01-29T14%3A30%3A12&utm_term=link&utm_medium=social For Puerto Rico's earthquake families, trauma...

Feb 1, 2020

News

Welcome to the party. The New York City block party.

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Last month I had the privilege of covering block parties in the Glendale and Ridgewood neighborhoods of Queens for the massive time capsule piece for The New York Times. The project led by Jeffery Furticella had 20 photographers cover 65 block parties across New York City, from the Boogie Down Bronx to the Dark Side of Brooklyn and beyond. I'm incredibly grateful to have been included in...

Sep 16, 2019

News Spotlight

A Sunday with Grammy Award Winning Rapper Residente

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Last month I had the opportunity to spend a Sunday afternoon with the Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican rapper Residente for the NYTimes. How Residente Spends His Sundays The Puerto Rican rapper speaks to his family on WhatsApp, drinks a beer before working out and plays a mean game of Uno.

Sep 13, 2019

Media News Spotlight

The New York Times - Connected by Cannabis

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — In August I spent time with Hillary Peckham, co-founder of the New York-based all-women medical marijuana company Etain Health, and Maren Hall-Weickert as they began the next chapter of their lives together for The New York Times. The newlyweds exchanged vows amongst loved ones and the sounds of wild animals that occupy the United States largest metropolitan zoo, the Bronx Zoo in the Bronx, New...

Sep 10, 2019

News Spotlight

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY 35 WINNERS

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Two of my images from my personal project "La Isla Del Encanto; Borikén" were chosen for American Photography 35 !!! AI-AP Slideshow

Aug 18, 2019

News

Still Rocking the Role (and the Mullet) 10 Years Later

By José A. Alvarado Jr. — Some images from my time documenting veteran actor Mitchell Jarvis's transformation into the smart-alecky narrator "Lonny" in "Rock of Ages," the self-mocking, 80's-themed jukebox Off-Broadway musical for The Wall Street Journal. Still Rocking the Role (and the Mullet) 10 Years Later Mitchell...

Aug 10, 2019

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JOSÉ A. ALVARADO JR. Based in New York, US

First self-portrait under social distancing at my apartment in Ridgewood, Queens, NYC April 10, 2020.

Portrait of Kimba in Manhattan before the pandemic hit, March 2020

Portrait of Bronx native Avant-Garde musician, Jypsy Jeyfree.

Banks Gave Richest Clients ‘Concierge Treatment’ for Pandemic Aid

Once Bustling Brooklyn Street Goes Quiet

“Young people have a duty to defend their country with weapons of knowledge.”

On a Vibrant Street in Brooklyn, Businesses Are Struggling for Survival

Diversify Photo COVID-19 Relief Print Sale

View out of my window, April 13, 2020.

In Ponce There is a beach Without broken glass In the sand.

The Little Barbershop on Suydam

Thursday Briefing: Shuttered businesses in Brooklyn. The economic fallout from the pandemic is spreading beyond tourism and related industries.

Friday Briefing: New York City officials on Thursday urged residents to wear face coverings in public.

New York Was Not Designed for Emptiness

Coronavirus Stimulus Plan Shortchanges N.Y., Officials Say

Sybil and her Falconer

C.D.C. Gives New Guidelines, New York to Close Restaurants and Schools and Italian Deaths Rise

2020 - NPPA Best of Photojournalism, OVP Features (Large Team), 2nd Place, The New York Times - “65 block parties, 5 boroughs, 20 photographers: See what they found”

Titi Giacinia at my Grandfather Angel-Luis’ home in Villalba, Puerto Rico, February 2020.

Portrait of Robert Sanganoo Jr.

Meet the Latinos Trying to Get Latinos to the Polls

Mom and Pop Millionaires Are Driving Blackstone’s Growth

The New York Times SUNDAY ROUTINE: MELISSA SILVERSTEIN

Birdcamp Could Close. People Are Panicking`

CNN: For Puerto Rico's earthquake families, trauma continues thousands of miles from home.

Welcome to the party. The New York City block party.

A Sunday with Grammy Award Winning Rapper Residente

The New York Times - Connected by Cannabis

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY 35 WINNERS

Still Rocking the Role (and the Mullet) 10 Years Later

JOSÉ A. ALVARADO JR.

José A. Alvarado Jr. is a visual storyteller devoted to documenting cultural and social issues, as well as human interest stories in the US and Puerto Rico.

JOSÉ A. ALVARADO JR.
Based in New York, US