Photograph by Ruben Natal-San Miguel

Image Title: "BRONX'' Tattoo, 2014

Dimensions: 16x20"

Medium: Kodak Endura Metallic Chromogenic Photograph

Year Created: 2014

AP #2*

*AP #1 was acquired by the Bronx Museum of the Arts Permanent Collection

With signed handwritten caption by photographer

Image Description:

Orchard Beach, Bronx, NYC.

Acquired as part of the Permanent Collections of the Museum of the City of New York in 2018 and The Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2019. Featured on the cover of the Metropolitan Section of The New York Times in 2015.

Photographer's Bio:

RUBEN NATAL-SAN MIGUEL is an architect, fine art photographer, curator, creative director and critic. His stature in the photo world has earned him awards, features in major media, countless exhibitions and collaborations with photo icons such as Magnum Photographer Susan Meiselas. Gallery shows include: Asya Geisberg, SoHo Photo, Rush Arts, Finch & Ada, Kris Graves Projects, Fuchs Projects, WhiteBox Gallery, Station Independent Projects Gallery, LMAK Gallery, Postmasters Gallery Rome & NYC and others. His work has been featured in numerous institutions: The New York Public Library, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Griffin Museum of Photography, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, African American Museum of Philadelphia, The Makeshift Museum in Los Angeles, University of Washington, El Museo del Barrio and Phillips Auction House and Aperture Foundation.

International art fair representation includes: Outsider Art Fair, SCOPE, PULSE, Art Chicago, Zona Maco, Mexico, Lima Photo, Peru and Photo LA. and Filter Photo Festival in Chicago Ill. His photography has been published in a long list of publications, highlights: New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Time OUT, Aperture, Daily News, OUT, American Photo, ARTFORUM, VICE, Musee, ARTnet and The New Yorker. In 2016, Ruben's Marcy's Playground was selected for both the Billboard Collective and website for Apple. His photographs are in the permanent collections of El Museo Del Barrio in NYC, The Center for Photography at Woodstock, NY, The Contemporary Collection of the Mint Museum Charlotte, North Carolina, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, School of Visual Arts, NYC, The Fitchburg Museum of Art, Massachusetts and The Museum of The City of NY.

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