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I nonchalantly declared my ignorance of the name 'Ruven Afandor' when the boy mentioned Ruven is in town and borrowing gear from his studio (to shoot Janet Jackson no less). Turns out it's kinda a big deal as I am now finding that he is one of the leading editorial & celebrity portrait photographers the world has to offer these days. Oops.

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His editorials are like the final products of my unactualised, subconscious day dreams. His portraits are laced with an opinionated and dominating visual language that have the subjects taking on a character that is their unguarded self plus just that little bit more.

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Whatever he does it unmistakeably and recognisably his own.

Photos: Ruven Afanador

5 comments:

  1. wow, I loved his hotos. especially the beach series, and the pic of beyonce too. beautiful.

    / thank you so much. what a beautiful comment to read on a sad day. I'm definitely gonna listen to that song today, close my eyes and picture every human being in this world thinking the exact same thing and hearing the exact same song. again thank you so much, you made my day :)

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  2. some fantastic work - I'm having flashes of Irving Penn.

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  3. best photo, hands down, is the lady digging into that pasta. beautiful photos!

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