M. H. Rubin is a photographer, collector, and educator with more than forty years in photography and media. After decades in the Bay Area, he now lives in Santa Fe, where he pursues his own photographic practice and develops new tools for teaching.

Rubin began photographing under the influence of Jerry Uelsmann, whose surreal darkroom work introduced him to the image. Over time he moved away from manipulation toward a practice of direct observation, a tradition sometimes called “pure seeing.”

Today he manages an historic collection of twentieth-century photographs and brings them into his workshops. His teaching draws on the collection, on his own practice, and on his conviction that great photography is teachable: a practice open to everyone.

Rubin is the author of a dozen books, including The Photograph as Haiku (2023) and Droidmaker: George Lucas and the Digital Revolution (2005), a history of Lucasfilm, Pixar, and the birth of digital filmmaking. He has written widely on filmmaking and technology.

Alongside photography, Rubin has had a wide-ranging career in media and technology, with product roles at Lucasfilm, Netflix, and Adobe. He also worked in editing and post-production on film and television projects including Lonesome Dove and Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Sheltering Sky. He holds a degree in neuroscience from Brown University.

Web: www.byrubin.com , www.haikuphoto.com ; IG: @droidmaker