Carson Stachura (he/him) is a portrait photographer and archivist based in Queens, New York. His practice is a response to depictions of gender deviance and the trans portrait within the twentieth-century photographic archive, a reckoning with the contemporary mainstream discourse around trans visibility. You can reach him for bookings and press inquiries by emailing stachuracarson(at)proton.me.
photo by Marg Macguire
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Queer Conscience Exhibition, The Image Flow, San Francisco, CA (June-September 2025)
Palm* Photo Prize 2024 Shortlist Exhibition, 1014 Gallery, London, UK (September–October 2024)
Junto, The Art Center on Governors Island, New York, NY (July 2024)
Palm* Photo Prize 2024 Shortlist Exhibition, Melkweg Expo, Amsterdam, NL (May–June 2024)
On Selfhood, The Center, New York, NY (February–May 2024)
Later Than You Think, Millennium Film Workshop, Brooklyn, NY (October 2023)
Club Gallery 3, curated by NXSLEEPCLUB & Photodom, New York, NY (August 2023)
SELECT PRESS
Analog Forever: 20 LGBTQIA+ Photographers You Need to Know in 2025 (May 2025)
Palm* Studios Feature (April 2025)
AnOther: A Gentle Portrait of Transness That Goes Against the Grain (September 2024)
WePresent by WeTransfer: Carson Stachura - Reimagining the trans visual archive (August 2024)
The Guardian: Whipper snappers: photography’s new generation – in pictures (August 2024)
Judge’s Panel Special Mention: Palm* Photo Prize 2024 (July 2024)
Lomography: Carson Stachura on Shooting Alternative Drag Performances on Film (February 2024)
Winner of Monster Children’s Student Competition Photo Prize (2021)
SELECT PRINT PUBLICATIONS
Pornceptual: A Prayer to Come Undone (January 2024)
Burn Barrel Press Vol. 4 (November 2023)