Mateo Ruiz Gonzalez (b. 1989) in Bogota, Colombia, currently based in Brooklyn, New York. His work explores unassuming scenes, often using poetic devices bringing new value to overlooked settings in regions with historical background. His most frequent subject is how mankind and nature interact and coexist, and he explores how time, history and environmental changes alter the relations between the two. Ruiz Gonzalez’s work has been featured in The British Journal of Photography, Vice, Aint-Bad, Lomography, Lenscratch, NBC Latino, Float Magazine, National Geographic and Pulitzer Center. In previous years he was selected as a grantee for National Geographic, Pulitzer Center and The New York Foundation of the Arts.
