Victor Cobo was born in 1971 to a Spanish mother and an American father. Cobo is a self-taught photographer who draws inspiration from surrealism, film-noir and German expressionism. In 2007 his works were included in ’Masters of American Photography’ at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art with William Eggleston, Robert Frank and Lee Friedlander. In 2010 Cobo’s works were included in ’Hauntology’ at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, alongside such artists as Francisco de Goya, Francis Bacon and Diane Arbus.