Amina Cruz

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

Further reading

References

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. "Meet Amina Cruz: Photographer". Shoutout LA. 5 January 2021. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  5. "Amina Cruz". Invert Magazine. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
  6. "Amina Cruz". Amina Cruz. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
  7. "Amina Cruz". Air/Light. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2021.


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