Reuben Reynoso

Reuben Esteban Reynoso was born in East L.A. and raised in the lower-income community of Baldwin Park. He first discovered his love of photography at the age of 10 when he came across Richard Avedon's "In the American West" in his local library, where he would go to escape anytime he could.

At 13yo, he "borrowed" a camera, which he found while snooping through his absent father's belongings. Realizing there was still film in the camera, he walked around his neighborhood snapping photos of his friends and neighbors. Though he got reprimanded by his mom for taking something that didn't belong to him, she surprised him days later with the developed photos, which she had developed for him by saving what she could.

Reuben's love for photography took off from there, and any money he made was spent on film and developing of it. Though he was fortunate to have photography classes offered in high school, Reuben is mainly self-taught; mostly through books he found in public libraries, and later the internet.

When he joined the Navy, he was able to combine his love of photography and the underwater world. He discovered being underwater gave him the same sense of safety and peace that the library had as a kid. It took him out of the...

Self-taught

- 2010 Los Angeles Underwater World Exhibit
- 2013 Chicano Arts Exhibition
- 2013 Los Angeles Art Walk
- 2015 East LA Artwalk
- 2019 Open Show Pasadena/East LA #26

Magazines/Publications
- Elle Sweden
- LA Times
- Glue Magazine
- Good Light Magazine - Water Issue
- Olympus Magazine - July/August 2016 - Cover Story

Awards
- 2011 Southern California Journalism Awards - Best Photography
- 2015 International Photography Awards - Honorable Mention

Music Videos
- Tawny Ellis - Ghosts of the Low Country
- Lo/Hi - Take Me Down