Salvatore Lopes is an American photographer and printer. He was a recipient of the 2013 Anchor Award from the University of Hartford's Alumni Association. Lopes received his BA and MA from the University of Hartford in Connecticut. After teaching in the Hartford school system devising a photographic program to promote reading and writing skills, he joined Richard Benson's studio in Newport, Rhode Island, in the 1970s. There, exhibitions and edition portfolios were produced from images by Paul Strand and Edward Weston.