San Bernardino Inspires Photographers

San Bernardino is the second largest city in the Inland Empire and most popularly known for its location on the historic Route 66.

Due to the city’s limitations and financial crisis, art is not an important component of the city. The closest thing to art located in San Bernardino is the San Bernardino County Museum and a much smaller museum located at CSUSB.

There is very little opportunity to blow up as an artist in San Bernardino, but there are still young aspiring artists who do not let the city’s limitations hold them back from achieving their dreams.

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Model poses in mysterious smokey background.

Ramirez’s style is more modern and tasteful, photographing models and locations with his go-to camera being Canon digital camera. His style heavily uses filters to fit his more modernistic aesthetic.

Ramirez has posted on Instagram showcasing all of his photography work:

 

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Frida 🌹 “I think that little by little I’ll be able to solve my problems and survive.” _ _ Model- unknown (Riverside Day of the Dead 2017) _ _ I’ve been taking my time with edits and improving my skills w/ Photoshop _ Looking to Colab w/ more Models/ Makeup artists for a upcoming series of Dia De Los Muertos 💀 _ Message me if your interested as we can set something up _ _ #portraitpage #moodyports #doports #portraitsmf #themaskedones #dopeports

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Casting Spells ✨ _ @rachelokalani _ _ _ _ _ #portraitpage #doports #moodyports #dopeports #pursuitofportraits

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Zapp & Rodger ⚡️ playing in the background _ #CruiseNight #lowrider #carclub #lowridermagazine #Impala #calinights

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Both photographers are locals and have been born and raised in San Bernardino with no shame in claiming where they are from. They embrace where they are from and love their city.

“I’ve lived in San Bernardino all of my life and I would not have wanted it any other way. I love everything about this city. The good parts of San Bernardino and the bad parts. With my photography, I am usually attracted to the ‘uglier’ parts of the city which is more or less my aesthetic of photography,” Del Rio said.

These are just two artists that are putting San Bernardino on the map. These two have a big influence on the small art community in San Bernardino.

When asked how the art community is in San Bernardino is Del Rio responds “I think San Bernardino is going in the right direction with art. There is a lot of people out here trying to make a name for themselves with their art. It is really inspiring for me to see others come from San Bernardino and want to make it out doing what they love…it drives me to continue improving my craft and ultimately getting to where I want to be.”

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Artists from San Bernardino do not allow their surroundings to limit their success and drive for succeeding in doing what they are passionate about.