RUVEN AFANADOR | Masters
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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