Biography
Reuben Wu is a multidisciplinary artist who explores new ways of telling compelling stories about the world we inhabit.
His pioneering work with aerial lighting and long-exposure photography has defined a singular style in contemporary landscape photography and belongs in the Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the MoMA.
His practice spans fine art and creative collaborations with brands including Apple, Volkswagen, Google, and Mercedes-Benz, as well as ongoing work as a National Geographic contributor.
Originally from Liverpool, UK, Reuben works globally and lives in Chicago, USA.
Siren
Lux Noctis
Field of Infinity
Cross Country
Umbra
Aerial Light Painting · 2018–ongoing
Aeroglyphs
Precision light carried into remote landscapes by drone, inscribing luminous geometry into environments unreachable any other way. Each frame is a single long exposure — minutes of choreographed flight resolved into one still.
Photography · 2022
Atacama
The driest desert on earth, reframed in infrared and lit by drone — colour and contrast pushed until the Atacama reads as another planet entirely.
Commission · Photography · 2024
Band on the Run
A commissioned body of work bringing Wu's light-and-landscape language to a cultural collaboration — geometry and glow applied to narrative.
Direction · Photography · Selected
Commercial & Motion
Wu's visual language applied at brand scale — automotive and product campaigns for Mercedes-Benz, Audi and Volkswagen, shot with the same instinct for light as material.
Film & Motion