Rodrigo Cruz was born in Mexico City in 1974. He studied Visual Arts and Illustration at the National Autonomous University of Mexico
(UNAM).
He has collaborated with civil society organizations ICRC, Marie Stopes International, WaterAid, Internet Society, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, UNHCR, Mission Mexico, Tlachinollan, Atzin and Buscadoras GTO.
On 2010, his photos were included in the book Laberinto de Miradas, a tour of documentary photography in Latin America by Editorial RM and in the book Descubrimientos 2010 PhotoEspaña by LA FABRICA.
He was selected to attend the security course for independent journalists in combat zones by RISC, in Medellín, Colombia 2017.
In 2018 he was selected to attend the New York Portfolio Review organized by The New York Times.
He has obtained two third places in the Photo of the Year (POY Latam) photography contest in the Sports Stories and Daily Life Multimedia categories in 2013 and 2010 respectively, he was selected in the XIV Photography Biennial in Mexico and was a finalist in the Red Bull Illume Image Quest 2010.
