Leo Rubinfien (born 1953) is an American photographer and essayist who lives and works in New York City.
Rubinfien first came to prominence as part of the circle of artist-photographers who investigated new color techniques and materials in the 1970s.
He is co-author of Shomei Tomatsu / Skin of the Nation (2004) and editor of Garry Winogrand (2013).
He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and his work is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
He attended Reed College from 1970-72, and then the California Institute of the Arts, where obtained his BFA in 1974.