Luis Carle

Luis Carle (born 1962) is a Puerto Rican photographer.

Early life Carle was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1962 and moved to New York City in 1984 to study photography at the Parsons School of Design.

Career In the early 1980s, Carle explored the intersection of crafts, such as silkscreening, and photography. He began his career working as an assistant to well-known artists and photographers.

In the 1990s, Carle began working for magazines such as Latina, CRN magazine, and Footwear News. He also worked for the newspapers El Diario La Prensa, San Juan Daily Star, and El Nuevo Día.

In the realm of museums, Carle's work has appeared in the Getty Museum, Caribbean Museum in St. Croix, Museo of Contemporary Arts in San Juan, Museo de las Américas, Centro Gallery at the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at Hunter College, El Museo del Barrio, MOCADA: Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Hague Arts Center.

In 2014, the National Portrait Gallery at the Smithsonian purchased Carle's work "Respect Trans," a depiction of Sylvia Rivera, Julia Murray, and Christina Hayworth.

Personal life In 1995, Carle was diagnosed with lung cancer.