Carmen DeCristo

is an American portrait photographer using her lens to document the trans and queer communities she meets as she road trips around the country in her 2004 Camry. The work she makes on these trips ranges from snapshots to highly produced tableaus, all crafted on color negative film with a romantic sensibility that makes them hard to differentiate. The result is a distinct style that fuses fine art and documentarian influences. She provides a physical record of these communities narratives primarily through exhibitions of her ongoing project and quarterly zine American Girl Doll. DeCristo was the first trans woman to show work at the Fire Island Pines Art Project Biennial, a 40 year tradition in the queer haven. Her works were also shown in the Museum of Fine Arts Tallahassee, Greenville Museum of Art, LaMaMa Galleria in Manhattan, New York, and more. Her distinct style has also been sought by producers on editorials for Them, GayTimes,Wussy Mag, Dazed Beauty and Pop Star Bitch, adding to her legacy of documenting and platforming her community.