Brandon Ruffin is a photographer, Web-3 futurist, award winning filmmaker, and writer based in Oakland California. Currently a Leica Ambassador, he fell in love with the visual medium over 17 years ago. Brandon currently works on a research team in the area of Computational Photography at Google pushing the capabilities of machine learning and traditional photography.

Brandon finds himself drawn to stories that dissect humanity, most often through the world of portraiture and photojournalism. Brandon has given lectures at academic institutions such a Cal Berkeley as well as instructional workshops inside tech spaces such as Apple, VSCO, and Google. Brandon has a passion for working with marginalized communities and in neighborhoods that are often overlooked and underrepresented.

Brandon is a contributor for publications such as Rolling Stone, New York Times, and the SF Chronicle.

Portrait by Wayne Serrano