Ruddy Roye

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ruddy Roye
Occupation	Photographer
Date Of Birth	Dec 12, 1969(1969-12-12)
Age	55
Country	Jamaica
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Ruddy Roye Biography

Ruddy Roye is one of the most popular and richest Photographer who was born on December 12, 1969 in Jamaica. Photographer who specializes in environmental and editorial portraits. His photos of difficulties faced by minorities in America went viral on Instagram, where he has over 280,000 followers.

Both he and He and Annie Leibovitz are both highly-regarded portrait photographers. have high-reputation portrait photographers.

Radcliffe Roye (born 1969), known professionally as Ruddy Roye is a Jamaican documentary photographer specializing in editorial and environmental portraits, and photojournalism based in Brooklyn. Roye is a part of the Kamoinge black photographers collective and was featured in recent documentary Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People a feature film on Black Photographers and photography in America. Ruddy Roye was listed as one of The 50 Greatest Street Photographers Right Now by Complex in 2017.

Ruddy has been instrumental in leading the Instagram charge as a photographer showcasing his interest in his community of Bed-Stuy and Brooklyn as a whole. The images he portrays in his ‘Black Portraiture’ or ‘I Can’t Breathe’ series have been the talking point of numerous forums on Instagram. He was asked to take over the New Yorker Instagram feed when Hurricane Sandy ravaged the eastern shores in October 2012. Ruddy has taught at New York University, the School of Visual Arts, and Columbia University engaging in conversations with photography students on the rise of Instagram and the changing face of photojournalism. Some of is work has been noted as seeking to change law enforcement’s failure to recognize the humanity of Black men.

Rudy was born Radcliffe Roye. He is married to Rudy and has two children.

Ruddy Roye Net Worth

Ruddy Roye is one of the richest Photographer from Jamaica. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ruddy Roye 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started using Instagram to share the stories of black people through photos, so that they didn’t feel invisible.

TIME’S Instagram Photographer 2016 Award went to him.

Roye was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica in 1969. At an early age, Roye’s mother, Dorcas Leonie Roye encouraged him to read and participate in speech, drama, and music. At Herbert Morrison Technical High, he participated in band under Snick Glenn and enjoyed his time as a musician. In an interview, Roye stated that if he has not become a photographer, he “would be a writer, a musician, or a professor in that order.” He immigrated to the United States in 1990. In 1998, Ruddy graduated from Goucher College with a bachelor’s in English literature where he studied writing and the visual arts.

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Who is Ruddy Roye Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Ruddy Ranked on the list of most popular Photographer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Jamaica. Ruddy Roye celebrates birthday on December 12 of every year.

Top Facts about Ruddy Roye

1. Ruddy Roye is a Jamaican photographer born in 1969.
2. He is known for his powerful portraits of marginalized communities.
3. Roye’s work has been featured in The New York Times and National Geographic.
4. He has over 300k followers on Instagram (@ruddyroye).
5. In 2016, he was named TIME Magazine’s Instagram Photographer of the Year.
6. Roye uses photography as a tool for social justice and activism.
7. His book “When Living Is A Protest” was published in 2020.
8. He has exhibited his work internationally, including at the Brooklyn Museum and Photoville LA.
9. Roye often includes captions with his photos to provide context and amplify voices.
10. He believes that photography can be used to create empathy and inspire change.