Rómulo Yanes

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Rómulo Yanes
Born
Rómulo Abraham Yanes

(1959-02-17)February 17, 1959
Fomento, Cuba
DiedJune 16, 2021(2021-06-16) (aged 62)
Tampa, Florida, U.S.
OccupationPhotographer
SpouseRobert Schaublin-Yanes

Rómulo Abraham Yanes (February 17, 1959 –June 16, 2021) was an American photographer who worked for Gourmet magazine. He studied photography at the School of Visual Arts in the early 1980s and began working as a photographer as a teenager. After completing his college education, he began working for the publishing house Condé Nast for Gourmet. Yanes photographed on the road and in the studio, both home styled and restaurant dishes, chefs, ingredients, food markets, and entertaining features. His cover work and culinary artistry contributed to Gourmet, [1] winning the ASME award for photography in 2005 and again in 2008. After Gourmet concluded publication, he shot for Bon Appétit , Martha Stewart Living , Everyday Food , and Health , and became a regular contributor to Williams Sonoma Cooks Catalogue and for Epicurious.

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Early life

Yanes was born in Fomento, Cuba, on February 17, 1959. His father, Abraham, worked as an auto mechanic; his mother, Caridad (Nieblas), was employed as a seamstress. He and family left Cuba via Freedom Flights when he was eight years old; they ultimately relocated to Weehawken, New Jersey. His interest in photography was piqued when he took a course on it in high school. He studied at the School of Visual Arts in New York City during the early 1980s. After graduating, he worked as the manager of a photo studio. [2]

Career

Yanes began his photography career assisting Frances McLaughlin-Gill, Irene Stern (his professor) and Carl Fisher (whom Stern introduced to him). [3] He later continued his career at Condé Nast's publication Gourmet. He went on to be the staff photographer there for over twenty-five years, [2] before the publication shut down in 2009. [4] The magazine won the National Magazine Award for general excellence in 2004, its leading accolade, which was followed by awards in the photography category in 2005 and 2008. [2]

Yanes photographed for 35 publications, [3] including some of the food and dining photographs for Hillary Clinton's 2000 book An Invitation to the White House (which featured many photographers overall) and a book on Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis titled Cooking for Madam Recipes and Reminiscences from the Home of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by Marta Sgubin. [2]

Yanes' photography appeared in international magazines, not only Gourmet and Bon Appetit, [2] but also Martha Stewart Living, [5] Everyday Food, Cooking Light , Health and GQ, [3] [6] among others. He also played a small role as a gourmet photographer in the 2001 movie Dinner with Friends , which featured Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Toni Collette and Greg Kinnear. [7] [8]

Personal life

Yanes was married to Robert Schaublin-Yanes until the former's death. Yanes died on June 16, 2021, at his home in Tampa, Florida. He was 62, and suffered from peritoneal cancer prior to his death. [2]

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  1. ↑ "Gourmet Gallery". Gourmet. Condé Nast. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved June 30, 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Vadukul, Alex (June 25, 2021). "Romulo Yanes, Whose Photographs Captured the Beauty of Food, Dies at 62". The New York Times. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
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