American photographer and artist, close friend of Andy Warhol. He was born in Massachusetts but grew up in California. He settled in New York in the 1960s and shortly afterwards went to Paris to study architecture, but his contact with Man Ray led him to fall in love with photography. Back in New York, he set up his studio in the West Village, where he worked closely with Andy Warhol, whom he taught to use his first camera. Makos was an important bridging figure in connecting Warhol with other important pop artists of the time, such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.

In 1983 he travelled to Spain for the first time. He was caught by the boom in Spanish culture and the lively nightlife in Madrid, which made him return to the country several times. He visited Barcelona, Bilbao, Ibiza, Madrid, Mallorca, Salamanca, Seville, Toledo and Valencia. On these trips, he met important Spanish celebrities of the moment, whom he captured in live portraits, Miguel Bosé, Paola Dominguín, Alaska, Ágatha Ruiz de la Prada, Tony Miró, Laura Ponte, Nacho Duato or Najwa Nimri are some examples of these. He also photographs architectural details, picturesque corners, natural landscapes and the places he visited on his trips and stays in Spain between 1983 and the present day. Like Warhol, Makos got to know Fernando Vijande through the Spanish gallery owner’s routine visits to New York, considered the art capital of the time. In addition, because of his closeness to Warhol, the latter asked him to accompany him on his famous trip to Spain in 1983 to record everything he had experienced. On this trip, Fernando and Makos were surely able to forge closer ties.