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Brandon Ruffin

Filmmaker | Photographer | Migration Patterns Top 10 photobooks 2025 - SmithsonianMag
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Reclamation | The Leica ZM2 Monochrom

A meditation on time and intention with a focus on the art of a deliberate life. Shot entirely in monochrome, the film invites us to slow down, step away from distraction, and return to what feels meaningful. It is a meditation on presence and on reclaiming what may have been forgotten amid the constant pull for our attention.

Starring: @joshuaneall & @krisyim

Poem and VO by @alex_elle

Cinematography @aajayiiii

Produced by @xavier.rernard


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Steven Spielberg moments after his nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Theatrical Feature Film for the @directorsguild DGA Awards 2023. (Los Angeles, Ca -2023) #thefablemans#leicam11

Lighting Tech @iamshooter
Photo Assist @arthurgallery
Producer: @michaellatt


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Steven Spielberg moments after his nomination for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Theatrical Feature Film for the @directorsguild DGA Awards 2023. (Los Angeles, Ca -2023) #thefablemans#leicam11

Lighting Tech @iamshooter
Photo Assist @arthurgallery
Producer: @michaellatt


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I am so incredibly excited to finally announce my debut book “Migration Patterns” with @setantabooks — pre-orders are officially available today.

Setanta Books has announced “Migration Patterns,” the debut book by San Francisco-born photographer Brandon Ruffin. The book explores the lasting influence of Southern Black culture in Bay Area cities like Oakland, San Francisco, and Richmond, stemming from the Great Migration.
As a descendant of Louisianans who moved west, Ruffin uses photography to reflect on how culture is carried on through legacy, memory, and ritual. The book, which includes a poem by Enjoli Flynn-Ruffin and an essay by @ogpenn Pendarvis Harshaw, serves as a lyrical meditation on migration, home, and lineage. It considers not only physical relocation but also the spiritual transitions between life and death.
Ultimately, “Migration Patterns” is a vital contribution to contemporary Black photography, documenting a cultural story with intimacy and care.

Link is in bio #migrationpatternsbook


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I am so incredibly excited to finally announce my debut book “Migration Patterns” with @setantabooks — pre-orders are officially available today.

Setanta Books has announced “Migration Patterns,” the debut book by San Francisco-born photographer Brandon Ruffin. The book explores the lasting influence of Southern Black culture in Bay Area cities like Oakland, San Francisco, and Richmond, stemming from the Great Migration.
As a descendant of Louisianans who moved west, Ruffin uses photography to reflect on how culture is carried on through legacy, memory, and ritual. The book, which includes a poem by Enjoli Flynn-Ruffin and an essay by @ogpenn Pendarvis Harshaw, serves as a lyrical meditation on migration, home, and lineage. It considers not only physical relocation but also the spiritual transitions between life and death.
Ultimately, “Migration Patterns” is a vital contribution to contemporary Black photography, documenting a cultural story with intimacy and care.

Link is in bio #migrationpatternsbook


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I am so incredibly excited to finally announce my debut book “Migration Patterns” with @setantabooks — pre-orders are officially available today.

Setanta Books has announced “Migration Patterns,” the debut book by San Francisco-born photographer Brandon Ruffin. The book explores the lasting influence of Southern Black culture in Bay Area cities like Oakland, San Francisco, and Richmond, stemming from the Great Migration.
As a descendant of Louisianans who moved west, Ruffin uses photography to reflect on how culture is carried on through legacy, memory, and ritual. The book, which includes a poem by Enjoli Flynn-Ruffin and an essay by @ogpenn Pendarvis Harshaw, serves as a lyrical meditation on migration, home, and lineage. It considers not only physical relocation but also the spiritual transitions between life and death.
Ultimately, “Migration Patterns” is a vital contribution to contemporary Black photography, documenting a cultural story with intimacy and care.

Link is in bio #migrationpatternsbook


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I am so incredibly excited to finally announce my debut book “Migration Patterns” with @setantabooks — pre-orders are officially available today.

Setanta Books has announced “Migration Patterns,” the debut book by San Francisco-born photographer Brandon Ruffin. The book explores the lasting influence of Southern Black culture in Bay Area cities like Oakland, San Francisco, and Richmond, stemming from the Great Migration.
As a descendant of Louisianans who moved west, Ruffin uses photography to reflect on how culture is carried on through legacy, memory, and ritual. The book, which includes a poem by Enjoli Flynn-Ruffin and an essay by @ogpenn Pendarvis Harshaw, serves as a lyrical meditation on migration, home, and lineage. It considers not only physical relocation but also the spiritual transitions between life and death.
Ultimately, “Migration Patterns” is a vital contribution to contemporary Black photography, documenting a cultural story with intimacy and care.

Link is in bio #migrationpatternsbook


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I am so incredibly excited to finally announce my debut book “Migration Patterns” with @setantabooks — pre-orders are officially available today.

Setanta Books has announced “Migration Patterns,” the debut book by San Francisco-born photographer Brandon Ruffin. The book explores the lasting influence of Southern Black culture in Bay Area cities like Oakland, San Francisco, and Richmond, stemming from the Great Migration.
As a descendant of Louisianans who moved west, Ruffin uses photography to reflect on how culture is carried on through legacy, memory, and ritual. The book, which includes a poem by Enjoli Flynn-Ruffin and an essay by @ogpenn Pendarvis Harshaw, serves as a lyrical meditation on migration, home, and lineage. It considers not only physical relocation but also the spiritual transitions between life and death.
Ultimately, “Migration Patterns” is a vital contribution to contemporary Black photography, documenting a cultural story with intimacy and care.

Link is in bio #migrationpatternsbook


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I am so incredibly excited to finally announce my debut book “Migration Patterns” with @setantabooks — pre-orders are officially available today.

Setanta Books has announced “Migration Patterns,” the debut book by San Francisco-born photographer Brandon Ruffin. The book explores the lasting influence of Southern Black culture in Bay Area cities like Oakland, San Francisco, and Richmond, stemming from the Great Migration.
As a descendant of Louisianans who moved west, Ruffin uses photography to reflect on how culture is carried on through legacy, memory, and ritual. The book, which includes a poem by Enjoli Flynn-Ruffin and an essay by @ogpenn Pendarvis Harshaw, serves as a lyrical meditation on migration, home, and lineage. It considers not only physical relocation but also the spiritual transitions between life and death.
Ultimately, “Migration Patterns” is a vital contribution to contemporary Black photography, documenting a cultural story with intimacy and care.

Link is in bio #migrationpatternsbook


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In a time
where exclaiming you are an artist
becomes more of an art form
than the art you are creating—
one must ask,
“What makes a thing “art”?”.
At this point,
I only want to make things
that make me feel.
I wish to exist in a superposition.
I wish to be both
in awe of the rarity of time
while also denying its existence.
Make me a particle,
make me a wave….
make me
and then unmake.
I just wish to feel.
Sometimes I want to feel loudly
and sometimes I want to feel
at the height of a whisper—
so quietly
it can hardly be measured.
If I am all things—-
then I must be no thing,
and to be nothing
sounds like the only freedom
that exists in the universe.


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In a time
where exclaiming you are an artist
becomes more of an art form
than the art you are creating—
one must ask,
“What makes a thing “art”?”.
At this point,
I only want to make things
that make me feel.
I wish to exist in a superposition.
I wish to be both
in awe of the rarity of time
while also denying its existence.
Make me a particle,
make me a wave….
make me
and then unmake.
I just wish to feel.
Sometimes I want to feel loudly
and sometimes I want to feel
at the height of a whisper—
so quietly
it can hardly be measured.
If I am all things—-
then I must be no thing,
and to be nothing
sounds like the only freedom
that exists in the universe.


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23
2 days ago

In a time
where exclaiming you are an artist
becomes more of an art form
than the art you are creating—
one must ask,
“What makes a thing “art”?”.
At this point,
I only want to make things
that make me feel.
I wish to exist in a superposition.
I wish to be both
in awe of the rarity of time
while also denying its existence.
Make me a particle,
make me a wave….
make me
and then unmake.
I just wish to feel.
Sometimes I want to feel loudly
and sometimes I want to feel
at the height of a whisper—
so quietly
it can hardly be measured.
If I am all things—-
then I must be no thing,
and to be nothing
sounds like the only freedom
that exists in the universe.


423
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2 days ago

In a time
where exclaiming you are an artist
becomes more of an art form
than the art you are creating—
one must ask,
“What makes a thing “art”?”.
At this point,
I only want to make things
that make me feel.
I wish to exist in a superposition.
I wish to be both
in awe of the rarity of time
while also denying its existence.
Make me a particle,
make me a wave….
make me
and then unmake.
I just wish to feel.
Sometimes I want to feel loudly
and sometimes I want to feel
at the height of a whisper—
so quietly
it can hardly be measured.
If I am all things—-
then I must be no thing,
and to be nothing
sounds like the only freedom
that exists in the universe.


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23
2 days ago

In a time
where exclaiming you are an artist
becomes more of an art form
than the art you are creating—
one must ask,
“What makes a thing “art”?”.
At this point,
I only want to make things
that make me feel.
I wish to exist in a superposition.
I wish to be both
in awe of the rarity of time
while also denying its existence.
Make me a particle,
make me a wave….
make me
and then unmake.
I just wish to feel.
Sometimes I want to feel loudly
and sometimes I want to feel
at the height of a whisper—
so quietly
it can hardly be measured.
If I am all things—-
then I must be no thing,
and to be nothing
sounds like the only freedom
that exists in the universe.


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2 days ago

Some fun work with @renegade_running for the @nikerunning x @swarovski release. Always a good time with @leena_ds and @hey_miya


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Some fun work with @renegade_running for the @nikerunning x @swarovski release. Always a good time with @leena_ds and @hey_miya


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Some fun work with @renegade_running for the @nikerunning x @swarovski release. Always a good time with @leena_ds and @hey_miya


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Some fun work with @renegade_running for the @nikerunning x @swarovski release. Always a good time with @leena_ds and @hey_miya


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1 weeks ago

Some fun work with @renegade_running for the @nikerunning x @swarovski release. Always a good time with @leena_ds and @hey_miya


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Some fun work with @renegade_running for the @nikerunning x @swarovski release. Always a good time with @leena_ds and @hey_miya


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I love it for what it is and not what it could be.


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I love it for what it is and not what it could be.


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I love it for what it is and not what it could be.


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I love it for what it is and not what it could be.


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The only new variable we bring to this equation called existence is ourselves.

@clara.rene
#leicaM


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The only new variable we bring to this equation called existence is ourselves.

@clara.rene
#leicaM


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2 weeks ago

Really beautiful to see the distance this work has traveled. Like the people, the stories, and the culture explored in this body of work, Migration Patterns finds a new home in Washington. Today at 2pm we will showing be the this work at @leicastorebellevue —can’t wait!! Copies of my debut book, Migration Patterns, will be available and signed at the gallery during today’s opening.


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3 weeks ago

Really beautiful to see the distance this work has traveled. Like the people, the stories, and the culture explored in this body of work, Migration Patterns finds a new home in Washington. Today at 2pm we will showing be the this work at @leicastorebellevue —can’t wait!! Copies of my debut book, Migration Patterns, will be available and signed at the gallery during today’s opening.


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3 weeks ago

Really beautiful to see the distance this work has traveled. Like the people, the stories, and the culture explored in this body of work, Migration Patterns finds a new home in Washington. Today at 2pm we will showing be the this work at @leicastorebellevue —can’t wait!! Copies of my debut book, Migration Patterns, will be available and signed at the gallery during today’s opening.


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3 weeks ago

Really beautiful to see the distance this work has traveled. Like the people, the stories, and the culture explored in this body of work, Migration Patterns finds a new home in Washington. Today at 2pm we will showing be the this work at @leicastorebellevue —can’t wait!! Copies of my debut book, Migration Patterns, will be available and signed at the gallery during today’s opening.


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3 weeks ago

Really beautiful to see the distance this work has traveled. Like the people, the stories, and the culture explored in this body of work, Migration Patterns finds a new home in Washington. Today at 2pm we will showing be the this work at @leicastorebellevue —can’t wait!! Copies of my debut book, Migration Patterns, will be available and signed at the gallery during today’s opening.


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Home of the brave. #leicam3 #50mmsummicron


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Home of the brave. #leicam3 #50mmsummicron


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Home of the brave. #leicam3 #50mmsummicron


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Home of the brave. #leicam3 #50mmsummicron


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Home of the brave. #leicam3 #50mmsummicron


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Home of the brave. #leicam3 #50mmsummicron


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Home of the brave. #leicam3 #50mmsummicron


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Home of the brave. #leicam3 #50mmsummicron


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Home of the brave. #leicam3 #50mmsummicron


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1 months ago

What does poetry look like?

I want to find it in everything I see—to feel it, to breathe it. If I cannot create it, then I choose not to create.

A world without poetry does not spin. Even if I cannot write the words, I still want to feel them in my soul: in my life, in my connection to the world, in the way I describe a sunrise or a heartbreak.

To live is to be submerged in the painfully visceral—but life is often so literal.

Without that layer of abstraction, without symmetry or purpose... I might find it all to be indeed too unbearable.


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What does poetry look like?

I want to find it in everything I see—to feel it, to breathe it. If I cannot create it, then I choose not to create.

A world without poetry does not spin. Even if I cannot write the words, I still want to feel them in my soul: in my life, in my connection to the world, in the way I describe a sunrise or a heartbreak.

To live is to be submerged in the painfully visceral—but life is often so literal.

Without that layer of abstraction, without symmetry or purpose... I might find it all to be indeed too unbearable.


673
27
1 months ago

What does poetry look like?

I want to find it in everything I see—to feel it, to breathe it. If I cannot create it, then I choose not to create.

A world without poetry does not spin. Even if I cannot write the words, I still want to feel them in my soul: in my life, in my connection to the world, in the way I describe a sunrise or a heartbreak.

To live is to be submerged in the painfully visceral—but life is often so literal.

Without that layer of abstraction, without symmetry or purpose... I might find it all to be indeed too unbearable.


673
27
1 months ago

Your heart is the only scale upon which you can truly weigh success in any medium.

I used to imagine triumph through the eyes of a child. I envisioned the loud markers of arrival: the intoxicating pull of being known, a studio loft breathing in New York or Paris, the quiet reverence of collectors, my life’s work hanging on a gallery wall.

Now, the metric has changed.
I measure success by the precision of my authenticity—my ability to catch a fleeting idea or a heavy emotion and render it as clearly and truly as possible.

It is the courage to sit within my feelings and let them speak. To express them with truth—my truth. With love—my love.

To pour out my pain and offer up my soul.
Ultimately, I measure success by my relentless commitment to the excavation.

It is the act of examining my spirit, pulling it from my chest, and laying it bare on display. Over and over again.

Because the process, in all its raw vulnerability, is what completes me.

📷 slide 1 and 4 @aajayiiii


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Your heart is the only scale upon which you can truly weigh success in any medium.

I used to imagine triumph through the eyes of a child. I envisioned the loud markers of arrival: the intoxicating pull of being known, a studio loft breathing in New York or Paris, the quiet reverence of collectors, my life’s work hanging on a gallery wall.

Now, the metric has changed.
I measure success by the precision of my authenticity—my ability to catch a fleeting idea or a heavy emotion and render it as clearly and truly as possible.

It is the courage to sit within my feelings and let them speak. To express them with truth—my truth. With love—my love.

To pour out my pain and offer up my soul.
Ultimately, I measure success by my relentless commitment to the excavation.

It is the act of examining my spirit, pulling it from my chest, and laying it bare on display. Over and over again.

Because the process, in all its raw vulnerability, is what completes me.

📷 slide 1 and 4 @aajayiiii


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Your heart is the only scale upon which you can truly weigh success in any medium.

I used to imagine triumph through the eyes of a child. I envisioned the loud markers of arrival: the intoxicating pull of being known, a studio loft breathing in New York or Paris, the quiet reverence of collectors, my life’s work hanging on a gallery wall.

Now, the metric has changed.
I measure success by the precision of my authenticity—my ability to catch a fleeting idea or a heavy emotion and render it as clearly and truly as possible.

It is the courage to sit within my feelings and let them speak. To express them with truth—my truth. With love—my love.

To pour out my pain and offer up my soul.
Ultimately, I measure success by my relentless commitment to the excavation.

It is the act of examining my spirit, pulling it from my chest, and laying it bare on display. Over and over again.

Because the process, in all its raw vulnerability, is what completes me.

📷 slide 1 and 4 @aajayiiii


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1 months ago

Your heart is the only scale upon which you can truly weigh success in any medium.

I used to imagine triumph through the eyes of a child. I envisioned the loud markers of arrival: the intoxicating pull of being known, a studio loft breathing in New York or Paris, the quiet reverence of collectors, my life’s work hanging on a gallery wall.

Now, the metric has changed.
I measure success by the precision of my authenticity—my ability to catch a fleeting idea or a heavy emotion and render it as clearly and truly as possible.

It is the courage to sit within my feelings and let them speak. To express them with truth—my truth. With love—my love.

To pour out my pain and offer up my soul.
Ultimately, I measure success by my relentless commitment to the excavation.

It is the act of examining my spirit, pulling it from my chest, and laying it bare on display. Over and over again.

Because the process, in all its raw vulnerability, is what completes me.

📷 slide 1 and 4 @aajayiiii


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Latest work for @toddsnyderny with the amazing @sirmichaelwayne filmed on the #LeicaSL3

Director: @ruffdraft
Styling/wardrobe: @sirmichaelwayne
Editor: Brando Ruffin
Sound: Brandon Ruffin
Color: Brandon Ruffin
Producer: Olivia Kirby


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스토리 세이브 - 스토리, 릴스, 사진, 비디오, 하이라이트, IGTV를 핸드폰에 저장할 수 있는 최고의 무료 도구.

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우리의 장점:

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앱 다운로드 및 가입 없이, 웹에서 스토리를 저장하세요.

독점적인 고화질

저화질 콘텐츠는 이제 그만, 고해상도 스토리만 보존하세요.

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모든 브라우저, 아이폰, 안드로이드에서 인스타그램 스토리를 다운로드하세요.

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선택한 스토리는 빠르게 기기의 로컬 저장소에 저장됩니다.
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다운로드한 스토리는 일반적으로 컴퓨터의 다운로드 폴더에 저장됩니다. 윈도우, 맥, iOS 모두 동일합니다. 모바일 장치에서는 스토리가 핸드폰 저장소에 저장되며, 다운로드 후 바로 갤러리 앱에 나타납니다.