The fantastic in the everyday

Aaron Ruell (born June 23, 1976) is an American actor who was born in Fresno, California, but grew up in Clovis, California.
As a photographer he shot the promotional photography for Napoleon Dynamite, and designed the opening title sequence to the film. His photography has been seen in nearly every major publication and a book of his photography titled, "Some Photos," published by Nazraeli Press was released in December. He was recently awarded "Best Advertising" for his work with Citibank and "Best Website" in the 2007 PDN Annual.
Ruell studied film at Brigham Young University.
Although his photography is amazing and successfully draws attention to the idea of the fantastic in the everyday, he is most noted for his performance as Kipland Ronald Dynamite (or Kip) in the indie movie Napoleon Dynamite.
His fine art and ad work can be found at www.aruell.com
I am personally attracted to his work because of the way he creates these perfectly planned "snapshots" of people and intertiors. As we all know by now, i have an infatuation with deadpan. Formally, his work is beauiful, adhearing to the rules of thirds, color theory ect. Conceptually, i am very interested in these seemingly boring photographs that ooze personality upon closer inspection. I like "boring photography".