It's pronounced SEE-oh-MAH-ro

Xiomaro is an internationally exhibited artist and curator specializing in photographing National Parks and other iconic sites to raise public awareness of their history, culture, and natural beauty. Through his street photography and photojournalism, he is also documenting candid urban life for preservation as future history.

His collections commissioned by the National Park Service have been exhibited at numerous venues including Harvard University, Fraunces Tavern Museum, Long Island Museum, Morris Museum, and Fruitlands Museum. Galleries in the United States, Europe, and China have also exhibited Xiomaro’s street photography and reportage. Publications such as The New York Times, the Boston Globe, Newsday, and Fine Art Connoisseur magazine have reported on his work and he has been interviewed on CBS Eyewitness News, ABC News, and News 12. Other appearances include documentary episodes by PBS, Fox Nation, and the National Park Service.

Xiomaro is the author of Street Photography of New York City (America Through Time), Street Photography of The Wildwoods, New Jersey (America Through Time), and Weir Farm National Historic Site (Arcadia Publishing) with a foreword by Senator Joseph Lieberman. His writing and photography reflect his work as what he calls a “residentographer,” embedding himself in the community over time to artistically document the environment and the spirit of its people. At times, he is even mistaken for a local.

Born in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, Xiomaro began as a musician. He graduated college as a philosophy major and was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of International Law and Politics at New York University School of Law. Several stints as a corporate litigator led to a career as an entertainment attorney and artist manager representing hip hop, dance, and pop artists. After recovering from cancer, he found peace in the solitude of wandering with a camera and began pursuing photography as an art form. The career change was commemorated by adopting a pseudonym, Xiomaro, which literally means “ready for battle” and honors his roots in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Spain, and the Canary Islands.

Commissions and Projects

George Washington Birthplace National Monument | Virginia
Founding Father, Revolutionary War commander, and first U.S. president

Thomas Stone National Historic Site | Virginia
Founding Father and signer of the Declaration of Independence

Northern Neck National Heritage Area | Virginia
Nationally important historic, cultural, and natural sites

Sagamore Hill National Historic Site | New York
President Theodore Roosevelt’s Summer White House

Morristown National Historical Park | New Jersey
George Washington’s headquarters; Jockey Hollow encampment; Cross Estate Mansion

Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site | Massachusetts
The first landscape architect office and co-creator of New York City’s Central Park

Longfellow House-Washington’s Headquarters National Historic Site | Massachusetts
Home of one of the world’s foremost poets

William Floyd Estate | New York
Founding Father, Revolutionary War general, and signer of the Declaration of Independence

Weir Farm National Historic Site | Connecticut
The home and studios of Julian Alden Weir and Mahonri Young; and the cultural landscape

Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area | Massachusetts
Historic forts, abandoned army barracks, and revitalized landscapes

New England National Scenic Trail | Connecticut and Massachusetts
A 215-mile hiking route through classic New England landscape features

Fire Island National Seashore | New York
High Dune Wilderness and Salt Marsh

Big Cypress National Preserve | Florida
Invasive plants and animals

Everglades National Park | Florida
Invasive plants

Morris County Historical Society at Acorn Hall | New Jersey
Historical sites and architecture, e.g., Orchard Street Cemetery and Waterloo Historic Village

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