Amina Cruz is a photographer known for capturing

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scenes within the

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community and breaking cultural barriers with their work. Cruz captures the intimate moments shared between queer folk and is trying to expand the Latinx identity with their work.

Biography

Cruz was born in

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and has lived in

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as well as New York and received a BFA in photography in 2002 from

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in New York. Cruz is currently enrolled at the

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on the MFA program and is expected to finish in 2023.

Exhibitions

* ''Forging Territories: Queer Afro and Latinx

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'',

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, CA, 2019 * ''Round Hole Square Peg: LGBTQ Photo Show'', Long Hall,

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, CA, 2018 * ''Paraisos: Queer LA Latinx Art'', The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, Hollywood, CA, 2018

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Amina Cruz Photography
Living people 21st-century American artists 21st-century American photographers Artists from Los Angeles Wikipedia Student Program Parsons School of Design alumni Social documentary photographers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-photographer-stub

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