Tag: Famous

To remind millions of New Yorkers that leather is someone’s skin, PETA has unveiled a 70-foot-high billboard in the middle of Manhattan featuring celebrity photographer and recent Out cover star Mike Ruiz. PETA hopes this eye-catching ad—which shows Ruiz naked and screaming, as his skin seems to have been flayed from his body—will stop people in their tracks and persuade them to ditch animal skins. Ruiz, whose Instagram bio proudly reads “anti fur,” has also worked with PETA behind the camera, on campaigns featuring actors Alan Cumming and Laurie Metcalf and reality star Tinsley Mortimer. And as if photography and activism weren’t enough to keep him busy, Ruiz also appeared as a ... Read more