About — RGC Studio

Fashion

Bio

Ruben Gabriel Calderon, born in Florida, has always had a love for the arts and photography. Handed a single-use camera by his aunt at the age of eight, photographing was first an escape, but then as a way to study composition, light, color, and texture. After moving from Florida to North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Mountains taught him nature's skills he now applies in the studio. He earned a BFA in Fine Art Photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design, where he was taught the history of photography, fashion image‑making, and color science. Knowledge that shaped his engineered approach to set builds and his overall aesthetic.

Based in New York City, Calderon focuses on image driven fashion projects, and building shoots with designers and stylists. His studio practice is centered around digital editing, set construction, and print production for editorial, lookbook, and installation prints. Calderon has collaborated and photographed senior fashion collections for Anthony Perez, Inju Ko, and peers across SCAD’s fashion program.

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Education

BFA, Fine Art Photography
Savannah College of Art and Design, April 2025

Skills
Studio & location lighting (Profoto, Broncolor) • Digital editing (Photoshop, Capture One) • Set construction • Retouching • Art direction support • Print production • Collaborative team environments

Freelance Work & Collaborations

2025
- “Man and the Machine” – Senior collection by Chloe Corso
- “The Darkness Within” – Senior collection by Inju Ko
- Ecommerce shoot for Terra – Co-Designer, Anthony Perez; images featured on brand website
2024
“TREK” – Senior collection by Anthony Perez, finalist for the International Lab of Mittelmoda 2024 at @micam.milano (photos shown during Milan Fashion Week)
“ Tally Ho” – Jewelry shoot for Kayla Frumolt
Junior Showcase Project – Fashion editorial for Angelica Vazquez

Selected Exhibitions

2025
Until the Earth Covers Us – “Of Soil and Skin” series (collaboration with Sam Wyatt Anderson, curated by Grace Lawson), ArtStryngs Gallery, Savannah, GA
SCAD Large Format Exhibition – Salt prints of “The Extinguished,” Athena Duffy’s senior collection, Graham Scott Building

2023
SCAD Fine Arts Showcase – “Candid” and “Repair,” selected by distinguished faculty

2019
The Changing Room – Solo installation, Catawba Valley Community College Library, Hickory, NC

Awards

2018
First Place – Arts Festival Merit Award, Student Photography, Hickory, NC

2017
Second Place – Photography Award, Hickory Woman’s Club, Hickory, NC