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Stas Ginzburg

@stasginzburg.bsky.social

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Brooklyn-based portrait photographer. My project Sanctuary is a series of intimate portraits of queer, trans, and non-binary individuals in their living spaces across the U.S. https://griffinmuseum.org/show/sanctuary/

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Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Feb 14

Appreciate you!

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Feb 14

Thank you!

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Alexey, a gender-fluid photographer from Kazakhstan, in their bedroom, Harlem, NYC, December 2024. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Keith Parris, an amputee model, author, and make-up influencer in his bedroom, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, September 2024. Keith was born without a tibia in his left leg. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Armana, a Pakistani transgender model, DJ, and activist, in her living room, Harlem, NY, August 2024. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Neptunite, a gender-fluid activist and caretaker, in their living room, Washington Heights, NYC, July 2024. @hummingbirdn.bsky.social #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Adam Eli, activist and an award-winning author, in their living room, Greenwich Village, NYC, July 2024. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Abby Stein, a transgender rabbi, activist, and author, in her bedroom, Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn, June 2024. @abbystein.bsky.social #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Darian Darling, a transgender make-up artist and collector of all things Barbie, in her living room, Central Los Angeles, CA, June 2024. @dariandarling.bsky.social #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Jeremy Salazar, a non-binary fashion designer and skater, in their mobile home, outside of Malibu, CA, June 2024. Jeremy escaped gender-based violence in their hometown in New Mexico and now lives in a van along the California coast. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

John in his bedroom, River North, Chicago, May 2024. John was shot in the face with a bean bag round by a sheriff’s deputy during a BLM protest in Cleveland, OH, in May 2020. He lost an eye, and his eyelid was reconstructed from the skin of his ear. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Jermaine Greaves, founder and organizer of Black Disabled Lives Matter, in his studio apartment, Downtown Brooklyn, May 2024. Jermaine was born with cerebral palsy. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Yves, a model, singer, and activist, with his foster pit bull Banjo in his studio apartment, Lower East Side, NYC, April 2024. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Euro, a transgender fitness coach, in his temporary housing, East Flatbush, Brooklyn, April 2024. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Paris L’Hommie, a transgender artist and performer in her basement apartment, Bushwick, Brooklyn, March 2024. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

West, a transgender man, with his cat Grimm in their living room, Kensington, Brooklyn, January 2024. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Pamela, a Latinx transgender sex worker, in her room, Jackson Heights, Queens, October 2023. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #sexworkiswork

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Rinor, dancer, voguer, and choreographer in their room, Ridgewood, Queens, August 2023. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Maxwell Vice, an artist, activist, and a DJ, with their dog in their bedroom, Bushwick, Brooklyn, July 2023. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Jason Rodriguez, actor and dancer, with his birds Chichi and Ricki in his childhood bedroom, Washington Heights, NYC, July 2023. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

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Stas Ginzburg @stasginzburg.bsky.social · Jan 29

Qween Jean, a transgender costume designer, activist, and founder of Black Trans Liberation Kitchen, in her workroom, Crown Heights, Brooklyn, January 2023. #Sanctuary #PortraitPhotography #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA