About Stefan Ruiz

Stefan Ruiz was born in San Francisco, and studied painting and sculpture at the University of California, Santa Cruz and the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, Italy. He first took up photography while in West Africa, documenting Islam's influence on traditional West African art, and began work as a professional photographer in 1994 while teaching art at San Quentin State Prison.

During his career, Ruiz has done editorial work for select magazines including Colors (for whom he was Creative Director, 2003-04), The New York Times Magazine, L'uomo Vogue, Wallpaper*, The Guardian Weekend, Telegraph Magazine and Rolling Stone. His award winning advertising campaigns include Caterpillar, Camper, Diesel, Air France and Costume National.