RUVEN AFANADOR

 [SARAH LAIRD & GOOD COMPANY]

HIJAS DEL AGUA

Living in New York, Ruven Afanador is an internationally renowned photographer of limitless imagination, powerful visión and profound sense of self, always challenging the conventional definitions of gender and beauty.

HIS HOLINESS THE DALAI LAMA for TIME

KIM KARDASHIAN for NEW YORK MAGAZINE

FERNANDO BOTERO

LAUREN EZERSKY for FORTY FIVE TEN

IRIS APFEL

He was born in Bucaramanga, Colombia, and his proud Latin American heritage has inspired his extensive body of work creating an intensely personal language characterized by the balance of bold emotion and delicate nuance. 

LUKA SABBAT for NEW YORK MAGAZINE

STORYBOARD

DOMINIQUE JACKSON for GQ

CHOCQUIB TOWN

INDYA MOORE for GQ

VIOLET CHACKI

His portraiture and fashion editorials reveal extravagant dreamlike sequences that seem to emerge from Ruven’s original imagination already full grown, always splendid sometimes mischievous, often decadent, all steeped in classic formality.

REEM ACRA

KEITH RICHARDS for ROLLING STONE

C. BALFE & S. HEUGHAN for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

SAM SMITH, THE THRILL OF IT ALL

RIHANNA for HARPER'S BAZAAR

JULIA LOUIS DREYFUS & TONY HALE  for PEOPLE

AWKWAFINA for ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY

He has photographed some of the most well-known and most important people in the world, including Bill Clinton, Britney Spears, Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, Michael Douglas, and other iconic figures in art, literature, fashion, film, and music. 

IRIS APFEL

JENNIFER HUSDON for 'RESPECT'

ATERCIOPELADOS

DIANE KEATON

HOPRAH WINFREY for O MAGAZINE

MARIAH CAREY for ELLE

Ruven’s work has appeared in countless publications including New York Magazine, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Billboard, Time, The New York Times Magazine, numerous Vogue editions, Tatler, Elle, and The New Yorker. 

TIMOTHEE CHALAMET for TIME

DAVID HALLBERG for NEW YORK MAG.

BLANCA LI for NEW YORK MAG.

ANGEL GITANO, BOOK 2014

ANGEL GITANO

He has published six books that document notably bullfighters, flamenco dancers, and Indigenous cultures (Torero, Sombra, Mil Besos, Ángel Gitano, Yo seré tu espejo, Hijas del Agua)

TORERO, BOOK 2003

YO SERÉ TU ESPEJO, BOOK 2012

MIL BESOS, BOOK 2009

His personal projects have been exhibited in Galleries and Museums around the world.

SOMBRA, BOOK 2004

PATRICIA ARQUETTE for VANITY FAIR

ANTHONY RAMOS for THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

SUSAN SARANDON for YOU

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA for THE ATLANTIC

THE RISE OF NONBINARY FASHION, WASHINGTON POST MAG.

His most recent exhibition was at the National Museum of Colombia in Bogota In the spring of 2021 and it comprised 60 large format photographs from his Hijas del Agua book project - paying homage to the indigenous cultures that have inhabited Colombia for thousands of years.

HIJAS DEL AGUA, BOOK 2020 & EXHIBITION

TORERO 20th ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION, THRU FEB. 26th, 2022, THROCKMORTON FINE ART, NYC

He was the recipient of a Reader’s Award for 'HIJAS DEL AGUA' in the 'MONOGRAPH' category at THE AGENTS CLUB AWARDS '21.

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