Camilo Jose Vergara is a Chilean born photographer and writer. His subjects are: representing time, the American ghetto, ruins, and American popular culture. His works have been widely exhibited, most recently in the New York Historical Society (Martin Luther King Jr.: The Dream Continues, 2013), the Museum of the City of New York (Tiny Towers: 1970–2011, 2011–12), and the National Building Museum, Washington D. C. (Detroit, 2012; How the Other Half Worships, 2009). Amongst his publications are Harlem: The Unmaking of a Ghetto (forthcoming, 2013), How the Other Half Worships, 2005, and Twin Towers Remembered (2001). In 2002 Vergara was awarded a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant and in 2013 he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama.

His websites are Camilojosevergara.com and Invinciblecities.com

He is represented by Rose Gallery of Santa Monica, CA

The website for Harlem: The Unmaking of a ghetto is: "http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/H/bo8119635.html