Okay, okay, so Stefan Ruiz is not a Hot Shot, but his photographs are pretty incredible. Spending time with the rest of his work, especially his portraits, brings light to all the crazy things people do to themselves (sometimes crazy-funny, sometimes crazy-sad) and to each other (often, unfortunately) for the sake of staking claim on some sort of significance. While I haven't had the good opportunity to meet Stefan yet, as Ms. Bekman has, his work appears to be sincere but intense, a tireless exploration of the best and the worst of us, on small and grand scales.

In short, he's excellent company for all of the other photographers on 20x200, many of which also happen to be Hot Shots. If you are a photographer and interested in showing your work to the thousands of collectors who check out 20x200, you're in luck, your opportunity to apply via Hey, Hot Shot! (it's the ONLY way Jen reviews photography for 20x200) is coming up...