Photographer · Printmaker · Crossfield, Alberta

About

i.m. ruzz is a self-taught Canadian photographer whose work finds beauty in the ordinary landscapes and lived places of Alberta.

Black-and-white self-portrait of i.m. ruzz wearing a flat cap and glasses.

I have spent more than twenty years photographing Alberta: its prairies and towns, the weather moving across them, and the small signs of people living here. I am drawn to places that might be passed without a second look—and to the moment light, distance, or stillness reveals how beautiful they are.

I make photographs for the pleasure of looking. I want them to give you somewhere to linger, and perhaps the same feeling I have when making them: gratitude for having been here to see it.

Each print is made slowly and with care, as a physical object meant to be lived with. Together, the photographs form an ongoing portrait of this place, built over twenty years and still unfolding.

Selected record

Where the work has lived.

Permanent installation
Alt Hotel, Calgary
Magazine photography
Book-cover photography
Print practice
A long-running studio print practice, with work held in private collections

Selected highlights from a wider practice spanning editorial work, commissioned projects, installations, and printmaking.

Contact

Prints, projects, and other conversations.

Contact & inquiry