About Ruben

I don’t capture images, they capture me.

My photography is a practice in mindful attention to what wants to be seen, appreciated, and felt... in myself.

Be Well.

Ruben


About Artistic Photography

My friend, mentor and gifted fine arts photographer, Eric Forgaard, has given voice to the balancing act of an artistic photographer. His words beautifully capture my sentiments and I share them here, with his permission:

Mindful Attention: "There is satisfaction in slowing down, noticing, and looking for beauty in unlikely places. Beauty is nearly always there, even in the mundane or in what might even seem ugly at first blush."

Creation: "It's a matter of reshaping things in a useful way. The thoughtful photographer as creator conceives a small universe within the boundary of his choosing, complete with values, beauty, calm, tension, flow, control and chance.

He makes something that is somehow both bound by and free from universal laws, and compels us to pay attention."