About Uzuri Ray

Uzuri Ray is a 18-year-old Mexican-American photographer based in Boyle Heights. She is currently a freshman at Dartmouth College. She began to explore photography in ninth grade when her mom first enrolled her in the Las Fotos Project, where she has taken each class offered.  Her photography is rooted in showing the joy in her life through color. By taking photos of the joyous moments she shares with her family and friends, Uzuri aims to capture special memories made unforgettable through her documentation. Uzuri embraces in-the-moment lifestyle photography as she feels the photojournalistic genre allows her to immerse herself in the action of life in real-time and truly capture the emotions and relationships of each fleeting moment, frozen in time via Uzuri’s relationship to the camera.