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          Ruven Afanador is an internationally renowned photographer of limitless imagination, powerful vision and profound sense of self.

        1. 14 Great Performers beautifully photographed by virtuoso Ruven Afanador Featured on the covers are: Ruth Negga, Benedict Cumberbatch.
        2. The flamboyant, imaginative photographs of Colombian-born Ruven Afanador include dramatic celebrity portraits and several series that play with beauty.
        3. BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH, THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE.
        4. This exhibition features portraits of this year's most heralded performers, such as: Ruth Negga, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Kristen Stewart, Honor Swinton.

          5. The flamboyant, imaginative photographs of Colombian-born Ruven Afanador include dramatic celebrity portraits and several series that play with beauty..


          The Fahey/Klein Gallery is honored to present “Ruven Afanador: Great Performers”, an exhibition of photographs by artist, Ruven Afanador, and curated by Kathy Ryan &#; Director of Photography for the New York Times Magazine.

          This exhibition features portraits of this year’s most heralded performers, such as: Ruth Negga, Denzel Washington, Will Smith, Kristen Stewart, Honor Swinton Byrne,
          Katia Pascariu, and Hidetoshi Nishijima. The photographs on display are set against a distinctive installation inspired by the German Expressionist-style angular backdrops featured in this collection of images.

          The Great Performers issue has been a New York Times Magazine tradition since The photographs from this series are emblematic of Ruven’s timeless style and quiet drama.

          Each portrait he made encapsulates in a single image the intimacy between performer and audience. All of Ruven’s subjects are captured in an almost “in between moment”, and through Ruven’s pure and honest direction, they