Jeff DeLaCruz is a native of Olympia, Washington.

On September, 11 2001, he started school at Brooks Institute of Photography, where he became interested in photographing conceptual still life. In his final year of school he was called to active duty in the US Army Reserves and served as a soldier in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

He returned to Brooks in February 2006 and finished his degree in Advertising.

He now lives in Chicago where he continues to shoot.