MEXICO ISSUE 213 Apr 2010

From Brooke to Tyra Banks, J Lo to Jenna Jameson, Dolly to Dita Von Teese, few photographers do cool so hot, and even fewer capture the glamorous inner sinner imagination of today's extravagant enigmas than New York-based high octane celebrity and fashion photographer, Mike Ruiz. Innately intuitive, a deft-eye for detail and full of sensual self-styled sizzle, Mike marries the sacred and profound in sophisticated unison.

With a unique approach to the exploration of visceral brilliance, his finely crafted frames of reference have appeared in Vanity Fair, Condé Nast Traveler, Interview, Italian Elle, Spanish and Brazilian Vogue. Additionally, Mike has contributed to D&G's ‘Hollywood’ book and Iman's ‘The Beauty of Color’ beauty book, and continues to explore different forms of expression via film, television and music.

As founding partner of elite LA photography complex Miauhaus Studios, Mike further cements the reckless glamour of his noisy impunity to never follow trends.