Contact
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For all business related emails: Rukes
For all licensing requests of any Deadmau5 photos: admin@mau5trap.com
For all licensing requests of any Avicii photos: mia.bengtsson@avicii.com
BIO:
Drew Ressler aka Rukes is considered one of the best dance music photographers in the world (named #1 in the “Greatest Music Photographers Right Now” by Complex). With natural talent and a lot of practice, he’s been lucky enough to photograph the biggest EDM artists, events, and festivals around the globe.
He’s come a long way since his first foray into DJ and event photography in late 2003. After moving to LA, in 2006 he quit his “real job” in the gaming industry to focus on photography full time, working for Avalon, Giant and Insomniac for the next few years in Los Angeles. All that hard work paid off when he landed his first tour with Deadmau5 in 2009, traveling all over the globe with him. From that point on, Rukes hasn’t slowed down and can now be found jetting around the world on any given day with DJs or music festivals; having toured with Avicii, Swedish House Mafia, Illenium, Calvin Harris, David Guetta, Knife Party, Skrillex, Zedd, Steve Aoki and more. With a huge social media following on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook, his adventures around the world are followed by many!
CV:
Paul Van Dyk: Tour Photographer – 2005 – 2008
Deadmau5: Tour Photographer – 2008 – 2013
Swedish House Mafia: Tour Photographer – 2010 – 2013
Avicii: Tour Photographer – 2011 – 2014
Zedd: Tour Photographer – 2011 – 2018
Calvin Harris: Tour Photographer – 2012 – 2015
Excision: Tour Photographer – 2013 – 2021
Illenium: Tour Photographer – 2018 – 2024
Slander: Tour Photographer – 2017 – Present
Avalon Hollywood: Head Club Photographer – 2005 – 2013
Insomniac Events: Head Photographer – 2006 – 2012
Ultra Worldwide: Head Festival Photographer – 2013 – 2023
Disco Donnie: Head Festival Photographer – 2013 – 2023
Ismaya Live: International Festival Photographer – 2012 – Present
CLIENT LIST
Musicians:
12th Planet
3LAU
Above & Beyond
Acraze
Adventure Club
Afrojack
Alesso
ALLEYCVT
Apashe
Armin Van Buuren
A-Trak
Audien
Avicii
Axwell
Bassnectar
Benny Benassi
Big Gigantic
Bingo Players
Black Tiger Sex Machine
Boogie T
Calvin Harris
Carnage
Cazzette
Chromeo
Chris Lake
Chris Lorenzo
Crankdat
Dabin
Dada Life
David Guetta
Deadmau5
Deorro
Destroid
Destructo
Dillon Francis
Dirty South
DJ Snake
Dom Dolla
Dr Fresch
Duck Sauce
DVBBS
Echosmith
Elephante
Ellie Goulding
Eric Prydz
Excision
Feed Me
Felguk
Ferry Corsten
Fisher
Funkagenda
Ganja White Night
Gareth Emery
Gorgon City
Grey
Haliene
Hardwell
Hook N Sling
Hybrid
Illenium
Infected Mushroom
Ingrosso
Jack Beats
James Kennedy
James Zabiela
JSTJR
Kaskade
Knife Party
Krewella
Laidback Luke
Lophiile
Madeon
Malaa
Markus Schulz
MarLo
Martin Garrix
Michael Brun
Morgan Page
Nero
New World Punx
NGHTMRE
Noisia
Oliver Heldens
Paul Oakenfold
Paul Van Dyk
Pendulum
Porter Robinson
R3HAB
Ray Volpe
REZZ
Robbie Rivera
Rusko
Said The Sky
Sasha
SAYMYNAME
Seven Lions
Sevenn
Showtek
Sidepiece
Skrillex
Slander
Steve Angello
Steve Aoki
Sub Focus
Subtronics
Sullivan King
Svdden Death
Swedish House Mafia
Tchami
Thomas Gold
Tiesto
Timmy Trumpet
TJR
Tommy Lee
Tommy Trash
Two Friends
Valentino Khan
VNSSA
William Black
Wolfgang Gartner
W & W
Wuki
Yellow Claw
Zedd
Zeds Dead
Zomboy
Zhu
Companies/Venues:
Activated Events
AMF
AM Only
Anternation
Avalon Hollywood
Bal En Blanc
Beatport
Big Night Live
Blueprint Events
Boots In The Park
Brown Note
Creamfields
Daylight Beach Club
Disco Donnie
Electric Karnival
Encore Beach Club
Euphonix
Festival X
Framework
Giant
Groove Cruise
Hakkasan
HARD
Hellow Festival
ID&T
Imagine Music Festival
Infinity Marketing
Insomniac
Ismaya Live
Jewel
LED
Light/Daylight Las Vegas
Looptopia
Lost Lands
M-Audio
MDLBEAST
Neon Countdown
Nocturnal Touring
Omnia
Pioneer
Production Club
Pyrotecnico
Ravine
Ravolution
Relentless Beats
RODE Lighting
S20
Stereosonic/Totem Onelove
SOL Republic
Sunburn
Surrender
Sutra
TAO
The Grand
theLOOP
Ultra Music Festival
Wet Republic
Wynn Las Vegas
XS
Yost Theater
Media:
ANZ Bank
Billboard
British Airways High Life
Celebrated Living
Computer Music
Complex
DJ Mag
DJ Times
Elektro
Entertainment Weekly
Forbes
iDJ
Keyboard
LA Times
LA Weekly
Maxim
Mixmag
MTV
Pollstar
Q
Rolling Stone
SPIN
URB
US Weekly
USA Today
The Wall Street Journal
Where
Vanity Fair