Rinzi Ruiz: Street Zen – Or Photography As A Meditative Practice

Rinzi Ruiz Street Zen – Or Photography As A Meditative Practice Arrow-home "One of the goals of a being a photographer is creating a photograph that means something. An image that people can relate to, or that can produce an emotion when somebody sees it." Rinzi Ruiz In this interview street photographer Rinzi Ruiz talks about photography as a meditative exercise. He calls it „street zen“. Rinzi says: „Photography can change our minds, our emotions and many other things.“ Themen Darum geht es in dieser Folge When he found himself in a creative slump and stressed out working as an art director, street photography helped Rinzi to re-connect with the artist inside of him. He says: „I felt that over the years I had lost of part of myself, going up as a creative person. Basically, I was losing myself to the corporate life. I needed to find something to bring back my creativity.“ Walking around taking pictures not only made Rinzi grow as an artist, it also helped him to deal with stress and opened his eyes to what was happening around him. Since then the love to explore the world through the viewfinder of his camera has never stopped. Asked for his „why“ in photography, Rinzi replies: „One of the goals of a being a photographer is creating a photograph that means something. An image that people can relate to, or that can produce an emotion when somebody sees it.“ Besides talking about the meaning of street zen and the transformative power of photography, we do some storytelling with four of Rinzi’s images. Street Photography Den Zauber des Alltäglichen einfangen – oder, wie es Henri Cartier-Bresson sagte: Der „entscheidende Moment“. Erfahre von den besten deutschen und internationalen Streetfotografen, wie sie das Außergewöhnliche im Alltäglichen erkennen und in faszinierenden Bildern festhalten. Mehr zum Thema Podcast-Gast Über Rinzi Ruiz Facebook Twitter Instagram Rinzi Ruiz is a street photographer based in Glendale, California. At a young age, he started out drawing and painting. Later on in 2008 he slowly moved away from fine arts and developed a passion for photography. Taking pictures serves him as form of meditative practice – or „Street Zen“ as he calls it. He worked as a graphic designer until he finally decided to build a fulltime-career around photography. Rinzi is an official Fuji-X-Photographer. Besides roaming the streets of L.A. and other cities around the world shooting street photography, he does commercial work at weddings and corporate events. He also teaches street photography workshops. Podcast GATE7 abonnieren Jeden Sonntag erscheint eine neue Folge mit spannenden Gesprächen über die Themen Fernweh und Fotografie. Abonniere den Podcast und du bleibe immer automatisch auf dem Laufenden. Hier kannst du in die Folge mit Rinzi Ruiz reinhören.