Andrew Ruiz

Photography – Phoenix

I\'m a 23-year-old, Colorado-born Arizona-raised man who loves to travel, but doesn\'t get to do it enough. Which is why I\'m currently planning a trip for next year to travel all around Ireland! The reason I do, or can\'t stop doing photography is because it allows me to express and capture the way I view all of life\'s moments, and the emotions that come with them. I\'ve done everything from nature to weddings, to even concerts, and I\'m still learning but loving every minute of it. I even teach classes in Chandler, AZ because I want others to know just how gnarly photography really is. Whether it\'s people or objects, I like to take photographs whenever I can and I learn something new each time I snap my shutter, which is why I just. Cant. Stop. With photography comes my other true passion, or should I say lifestyle; Skateboarding. The grit and grime of life are the true fruits of labor in my mind, and just about any other skater you meet will tell you the same. You see stairs, I see a playground. You see restrictions, I see opportunities. Plus, isn\'t life most rewarding when you have to wipe the mud off your face and say, I still did it! So being able to physically capture someone else\'s art or \"style\" in a fleeting moment, and share it with them and everyone else to witness is the best opportunity in the world.