Documentary & editorial photographer Miami & Mexico City
New York Times · NYT Style Magazine Mexico · WWD · Harper's Bazaar · The Art News · Fraction Magazine · Ocean Drive Magazine · World Red Eye · The Michigan Daily
Sony Music Miami · Nahmias · Sporty & Rich · YoungArts · KDR Gallery · WYN317 Gallery · Paycom · Miami Design District · Arsht Center · World Red Eye · Adidas · Royal Caribbean · LEGOLAND · Museum of Graffiti · Mastercard · Swarm
Light, Subject, Moment
Rodrigo's editorial approach centers on natural light, decisive moments, and an instinct for personality, whether shooting fashion campaigns, brand activations, cultural institutions, or press portraits. Published in WWD, Harper's Bazaar, The Art News, Fraction Magazine, and Ocean Drive. Based in Miami, available nationally.
Shot for: Nahmias · Sporty & Rich · Sony Music Miami · YoungArts · Miami Design District
Documentation That Holds Up
Installation views, artwork reproduction, and opening night coverage for galleries, museums, artists, and collectors. Color accurate files built for press submissions, gallery archives, fair applications, and artist websites. Fifteen years documenting Miami's gallery scene.
Working with: KDR Gallery · Nina Johnson · WYN317 · Vizcaya Museum and Gardens · Museum of Graffiti · YoungArts
Light, Subject, Moment
Over 1,000 events across twenty years. Corporate summits, brand activations, gallery openings, galas, and private gatherings, shot with the same editorial approach he brings to published work. Based in Miami, available anywhere.
Twenty years of knowing what a client actually needs from a night that only happens once.
Coverage includes: Corporate events and summits · Brand activations · Gallery openings · Fundraisers and galas · Product launches · Private celebrations
The Moving Image
Direction, camera, and edit for short form documentary, artist profiles, exhibition walk-throughs, live sessions, and brand content. Small crew or solo, built for clients who want the same voice in motion that they get in stills.
Formats: Artist and exhibition films · Brand and campaign content · Live music sessions · Event recap and highlight edits · Interview and profile pieces
STREET & DOCUMENTARY
Long Form, Real Time
Bodies of work built over months and years, not afternoons. Vochos Unidos, a five year project photographing Volkswagen Beetle owners across Mexico City, was published by Carrara Media in 2026. The same patience carries into assignment work for publications and cultural institutions.
Subjects: Mexico City Spot News & Car culture · Miami neighborhoods · Artists at work · Communities and rituals · Long form personal projects
Sound in the Room
Festivals, club shows, studio sessions, and rehearsal rooms. Available light, minimal intrusion, and a working knowledge of when the moment is coming. Coverage across Miami, New York, Los Angeles, and Mexico City.
Coverage includes: Festivals and outdoor stages · Club and venue shows · Studio and live sessions · Artist portraits · Tour and press imagery
The Moving Image
Work made in transit and at altitude. Road trips through central Mexico, surfing, hikes, sky dives, and the long drives between assignments. Shot the same way as everything else, without production support and without waiting for perfect conditions.
Subjects: Surf Photography · Skydiving and Wingsuite Base · Mountains and volcanoes · Coastal and underwater · Road and overland travel · Remote communities · Expedition and field work
In the captivating bilingual photobook Vochos Unidos, photographer Rodrigo Gaya Villar explores the streets of Mexico City and its surrounding mountain towns on the hunt for El Vocho — the Spanish term of endearment for the iconic Volkswagen Beetle. Vochos, and the vocheros who preserve them, become the pathway for Gaya Villar to rediscover his ancestral home country. Details: 300 pages of stunning photography Vibrant people and locations depicting the full Mexican experience A project five years in the making Bilingual essays to introduce each chapter, written in both Spanish and English BUY NOW!
"A visual road trip through Mexico and the unstoppable human spirit." — Patrick Farrell, Pulitzer Prize Winner
NEWS · Feria Material, Vol. 12
KDR305 · Mexico City Art Week · February 2026
Rodrigo Gaya Villar with Vochos Unidos at Feria Material, Vol. 12 — Maravilla Studios, Mexico City, February 2026. Photo by Forest Casey
Vochos Unidos made its art fair debut at Feria Material, Vol. 12 — presented through KDR305 Gallery as a solo booth during Mexico City's Art Week. The presentation brought together limited edition fine art prints from the project alongside the published monograph, marking the first time the work was exhibited in the city where it was made.
The 12th edition of Feria Material took place at Maravilla Studios in Mexico City's Atlampa neighborhood, bringing together 78 exhibitors from 21 countries. KDR305 Miami was among the presenting galleries, representing Vochos Unidos to an international audience of collectors, curators, and press.
The booth was covered by The New York Times Style Magazine: México, which used photography from the project — Vocho En Llamas by Rodrigo Gaya Villar, 2026 — as the lead image for their Feria Material feature, published February 3, 2026.
As seen in The New York Times Style Magazine: México — "Feria Material, un ecosistema propio", February 2026
Photography
On-Location/In-Studio Bookings open for:
Artwork Reproduction | Event/Corporate | Editorial & Lifestyle | Installation & Artwork Reproduction | Studio Portraits | Still Life |
Bring to life your story through organic, documentary-styled video or multimedia project.
Let's get started on pre-production today!