Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
The flamboyant, imaginative photographs of Colombian-born Ruven Afanador include dramatic celebrity portraits and several series that play with beauty standards and the conventions of gender. Afanador has produced books based on his fine art photography that document bullfighters, flamenco dancers, and Indigenous cultures in Colombia Hijas del Agua, his series capturing the traditions, attire, and environments of 26 Indigenous communities in Colombia, was the subject of a 2021 exhibition at the National Museum of Colombia in Bogotá. Afanador’s book, Ángel Gitano: The Men of Flamenco, includes high-contrast, black-and-white images such as Eduardo Guerrero Gonzales “Cortijo Santa Teresa de Hornia” (2012) that depict male flamenco performers in somewhat unusual costumes and expressive poses. The series followed up on his 2009 Mil Besos series about female flamenco dancers. Afanador’s editorial work includes portraits of President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey, and has appeared in numerous publications such as New York magazine, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Vogue, Elle, and The New Yorker.
Early 2000s Modern Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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Early 2000s Conceptual Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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Early 2000s Conceptual Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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Early 2000s Conceptual Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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1990s Contemporary Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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1990s Contemporary Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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1990s Contemporary Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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1990s Other Art Style Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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2010s Conceptual Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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1950s Modern Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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1990s Contemporary Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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Early 2000s Conceptual Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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2010s Contemporary Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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2010s Realist Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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2010s Conceptual Ruven Afanador Portrait Photography
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