Amina Cruz is a photographer known for capturing queer punk scenes within the Latinx community and breaking cultural barriers with their work.[1][2] Cruz captures the intimate moments shared between queer folk and is trying to expand the Latinx identity with their work.[3][4]
Biography
Cruz was born in Los Angeles, California and has lived in Tampa, Florida as well as New York and received a BFA in photography in 2002 from Parsons School of Design in New York.[5] Cruz is currently enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles in the MFA program and is expected to finish in 2023.[6][7]
Exhibitions
- Forging Territories: Queer Afro and Latinx Contemporary Art, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, CA, 2019[6]
- Round Hole Square Peg: LGBTQ Photo Show, Long Hall, West Hollywood, CA, 2018[6]
- Paraisos: Queer LA Latinx Art, The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, Hollywood, CA, 2018[6]
Further reading
- PUNK! Las Américas Edition, Intellect Books, 2021
- Amina Cruz article at Vice
- Interview with VoyageLA
- Open Studios Art UCLA
References
- ↑ Flores, Frida (22 March 2021). "Breaking Barriers: A Conversation With Cultural Photographer Amina Cruz". Tótem Magazine. Archived from the original on 18 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ Boshier, Rosa (16 September 2019). "The Latinx Artists Using Instagram to Fight Erasure in a Gentrifying Los Angeles". Vice. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
- ↑ Mizota, Sharon (20 August 2019). "Latinx, queer, punk. Club Scum exhibition captures the fierceness, in full". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ "Meet Amina Cruz: Photographer". Shoutout LA. 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
- ↑ "Amina Cruz". Invert Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
- 1 2 3 4 "Amina Cruz". Amina Cruz. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
- ↑ "Amina Cruz". Air/Light. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
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