Rhynna M. Santos

Rhynna M. Santos is a Puerto Rico-born documentary photographer and teaching artist living and working in the Bronx. In 2023, Ms. Santos’ work, “Fandom Unbound,” was featured at Photoville, building on the success of her 2022 showcase, “Reflections on Indigeneity in the Bronx,” at the same prestigious photography festival. Additionally in 2023, “Everyday Bronx,” was exhibited at the Bronx Documentary Center. Her exhibition #papielmaestro, a documentary exploration of the life of her father, jazz great, Ray Santos, was profiled by the New York Times in 2018. Ms. Santos’ art captures the beautiful, painful, funny, and endlessly complex lives and perspectives of people of color in her community. Santos was chosen as an En Foco Fellow and recognized as a Lit List finalist by the Authority Collective. She has also been featured in the New York Times, Race Related Instagram feed, for her project on BIPOC Star Wars fans. Her work has been featured in Jerome Avenue Workers Project, MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora, Bronx Now, and Living Latina. Santos is the founder of the Bronx Women’s Photo Collective and curator for the Instagram feed Everyday Bronx. Ms. Santos holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Women’s Studies from UCLA and has lived and worked in Spain, where she placed in her first photography competition, PhotoEspaña.

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