Rivera Ortiz's work focuses on the poor and disenfranchised around the world. He is the recipient of the national En Foco, Inc. New Works Photography Award for his images of Cuba. His work has exhibited in galleries and publications worldwide, including Mead Living Australia. Images from Rivera-Ortiz's first ever documentary work in Kenya 2001 were recently added to the permanent collections of the George Eastman House International Museum of Photography. His work is also now featured in a new book published in Colombia titled "Percepciones en Blanco&Negro" (Adéer Lynad Ediciones). This new book features 110 emerging photographers working throughout Colombia, South America. Rivera-Ortiz wrote the introduction to this amazing new book.