ruddy roye photography

May 13, 2020 Rhythm Sometimes I imagine that there will be a day when I won’t need to speak out - well not so much - or stress my mind out with questions like, “how is it that I have to sh...

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Social Distancing in the days of Covid 19 April 26, 2020 It all started for me when I heard Mrs Van Dang-O’Callaghan speak at a town hall where she was explaining to Presidential hopeful Joe...

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March 6, 2020 Mississippi - Yes Ol Miss - you, You with your cratered culture and your marauded heritage, staggering across these bloodied estates in your majestic light. You with yo...

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February 29, 2020 In Pursuit of Happiness Every year around this time instead of being filled with feelings of nationalism ( I still don’t have an American Passport) I am filled with angst o...

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‪October 23,2019‬ ‪On becoming a Commoner‬ ‪Here is what I believe: ‬ ‪If there is no racism, ‬ ‪then your motive must be greed. ‬ ‪Racism is the ink that colours ‬ ...

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October 12, 2019 Life goes on. The editor of the New York Review asked me how I prepared for photographing in the West Village. “I looked for semblances of the old West Village versus the ne...

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June 30, 2019 Anniversary Portraits But then there were the longer waits, the restlessness, and me seeing images everywhere, I had to shoot. My day started with twelve students belonging to t...

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June 30, 2019 Anniversary Portraits I started my day with twelve students belonging to the National Geographic student expedition series shoved together and eager waiting to hear what was in s...

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June 9, 2019 Sweet for my Sweet & Sugary Portraits I have never been one to rush a story. Stories to me feel like baking sometimes. Taking a portrait is not unlike the unraveling of a well f...

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November 20, 2018 Finding my place Promo aside, my “work” has always been about real people. This has never been a job for me. It is my blessing I think, to be feeding my family from the v...

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#Repost @gdfilms (title image and text) Image’s 2 and 4 by @abershaw and images 3,5 and 6 by @jocelyn__ortiz ・・・ Nov. 8, 2018 ‘Ruddy Roye Speaks’ - - The master @ruddyroye himsel...

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November 6, 2018 Going to the Ballot Jeremiah Grimm who hails from Chadbourn, North Carolina came to New York in 1974 to seek a new life. As a 13 years old with a paper route, Mr Grimm has b...

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November 6, 2018 Going to the Ballot Jeremiah Grimm who hails from Chadbourn, North Carolina came to New York in 1974 to seek a new life. As a 13 years old with a paper route, Mr Grimm has b...

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November 3, 2018 Forming the Circle Putting this up around the time I would be getting ready to go out and document this - if I was home. Movements in dance cannot be separated from the rhyth...

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October 31, 2018 The Making of Heroes. Halloween began as a festival that marked the end of harvest. It was part of the ancient Celtic religion. At the end of summer, the Celts thought the bar...

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September 24, 2018 Gather at the Rhine Today my friend @davidscottholloway asked his Facebook friends how they felt about Anthony Bourdain’s legacy. My answer would have been too long but ...

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September 10, 2018 The Evolution of the Black Family Kansas City Chiefs running backs coach Deland McCullough went searching for his biological parents. He found them where he never would have...

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August 27, 2018 Resist I think Matthew asks me to photograph @afropunk each year because I look for the conscience of the festival amongst all the beautiful people, music and expressions. I lo...

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This made me smile broadly

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July 28, 2017 Purgatory Coming back here is always different. The air that now blows over the island is extra hot, carrying with it tales of old rivalries. Manley vs Seaga, socialism vs capita...

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