"I firmly believe that everyone is entitled to a little bit of awkwardness, ugliness, weirdness, and individualism. I particularly hate it when people criticize others for their quirky or "flawed" style in clothing, art, or music. So f*ng what? At least they're being honestly expressive, which is more than I can say for so-called tasteful people with their calculated "creativity" that is banal, if anything. Those people have no guts."
New York based photographer Red de Leon says it how it is. His photographs, which are as majestic as his name, have morphed from raw portraits to crisp fashion photography. There is a layer of ambiguity to his images; although he casually writes about current projects and daily philosophies on his flickr page. More work at 990000.com.