Photoville

Jun 22024
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Cameras and Coffee with Brandon Ruffin

Cameras and Coffee with Brandon Ruffin presented by Leica Camera.

Presenters: Brandon Ruffin

Location: Brooklyn Bridge Park – Emily Warren Roebling Plaza

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Presented by:

  • Leica Camera

Cameras and Coffee Club meet-ups are monthly gatherings, bringing together photographers, filmmakers, and multidisciplinary creatives with the goal of growing a vibrant local community that promotes networking, collaboration and philanthropy. Our gatherings take place at local cafes, galleries and camera shops with a selection of quality indie-coffees, art and cameras. Join the Cameras and Coffee meet up this year at Photoville presented by Leica Camera.

Presenter Bios

  • Brandon Ruffin

    Brandon Ruffin

    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 AI, machine learning and traditional photography.

    Brandon finds himself drawn to stories that dissect humanity, most often through the world of portraiture and reportage. 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.

    A founding member of OAKSPC (Oakland Street Photography Club) and Cameras and Coffee

Organizations

  • Leica Camera

    Leica Camera

    For 50 years, Leica Galleries across the globe have existed as more than mere exhibition spaces. They are places for imagination, dialogue, and connection. Since the first Leica Gallery opened in Wetzlar in 1976, a global network of Leica Galleries has grown across continents. These galleries are united by the belief that images have the power to move people and change perspectives. The Leica Galleries celebrate the art of seeing and the power of photography. They have been bringing cultures, generations, and stories together, spanning borders, for half a century—reinforcing the idea that true photography is timeless and that seeing is still a universal language.

     

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