In 1977 Gabriel Figueroa attended to Westminster University in England and obtained a Bachelor's degree on Visual Arts. He studied additional courses with Ansel Adams in 1975, Manuel Álvarez Bravo in 1983, Arnold Newman in 1985, and Eikoh Hosoe in 1996.

He is the author of several books, such as: Sinaloa (1986); Archipiélago Revillagigedo, La Última Frontera (1988), Arquitectura Fantástica Mexicana (1991); Ciudad de México, Restauración de Edificios Vols. 1 y 2 (1988 – 1994); 500 años de Baja California (1997). He has contributed for various national and international publications, such as Life Magazine, New West, New York, Landscape Architecture, Artes de México, and Los Universitarios. His most recent publications are: Ten Landscapes, edited by James Graysson Trulove, (Gloucester, Massachusetts, U.S., 2002) and Paraíso Mexicano, Editorial Planeta (Mexico, 2002). His artistic work has been shown at various Mexican galleries since 1979. He has also shown his work at Switzerland, Belgium, England, France, Italy, Panama, and Spain.

He is the stakeholder and restorer of his father's photographic legacy, the cameraman Gabriel Figueroa, having produced a body of photographic work from his best frames and scenes and having put them together into various portfolios that include photo silkscreens, palladium platinum copies, photographies, and digital copies. He has been tutor for the grant program Jóvenes Creadores (Young Artists) from CONACULTA (National Council for the Arts and the Culture), from 1995 to 1998. He was part of the Sistema Nacional de Creadores (National Artists' System), from 1999 to 2002 and from 2002 to 2005. He participated in his first cinematographic production as a photography director in the year of 2000.

His mayor interests lie on the expedition and travel photography, as well as on artistic photography, editorial work, and fine digital printing. He has been tutor for the Sistema Nacional de Jóvenes Creadores (National Young Artists' System) from FONCA (National Fund for the Arts and the Culture).

In 2007, he co-directed and worked in the production of the documentary 'Un retrato de Diego, la Revolución de la Mirada' (A Portrait of Diego, the Revolution of the Gaze), a full-length film about Diego Rivera, Gabriel Figueroa, and Manuel Álvarez Bravo from material filmed by them on 1949. His last exhibition is called Construir el Deseo (To Build the Desire) at the gallery Nacho López inside the Fototeca Nacional de Pachuca on July, 2010.

The 'Club de Impresores Digitales: CID' (Digital Printers' Club) is a high quality digital printing studio created by Gabriel Figueroa and Javier Hinojosa, aimed at photographers and graphic artists. Our main goal is to assist the photographer or artist (experimented or new) in printing with the highest quality on different media (from cotton or rice paper to synthetic materials) and with the most advanced digital programs, to come up with a creative solution for their images. Our service is personalized and our experience allows us to give advice and to guide on both the interpretation and the presentation of printed jobs.

After four years of having created this studio, we have worked for artists such as Jan Hendrix, Marco Antonio Cruz, Gerardo Montiel, Maya Goded, and Yvonne Venégas. One of the biggest exhibitions in which we have participated has been Laberinto de Miradas (Labyrinth of Gazes) in 2008, curated by Claudí Carreras and sponsored by Casa América Catalunya.

Javier and I, have been photographers for many years and we both have the experience and the elements to understand creative problems and to give them the right solution in a way that is compatible with the artist's point of view. Our commitment is with the image and its interpretation in the digital language.

With time, we have specialized in the recovery, restoration, and interpretation of photographic archives that include nitrate, acetate, or glass negatives, as well as period gelatin silver prints for their digital preservation and reinterpretation on modern media. We've had the privilege of working with archives from the Colección Gabriel Figueroa, Museo Frida Kahlo, Fototeca Antica de Puebla, Colección Julio Zadik in Guatemala, and for organizations such as Fundación Televisa, Asociación Manuel Álvarez Bravo, and Fundación Mariana Yampolsky.