Drag performers backstage, from the series Dutch Queer Scene and its Beauty

Luca van Ruiten

Photographer, Rotterdam

Photography has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. My work mainly focuses on the queer community, taking shape in forms like documentary series or studio portraits. I work both digitally and with analog film, and I have experience in the darkroom. As a queer artist, my focus has been to document and archive the Dutch queer community, finding ways to preserve its beauty for future generations.

Selected work

Portrait from Dutch Queer Scene and its Beauty
01 — Documentary

Dutch Queer Scene and its Beauty

An ongoing documentary series on the diverse queer scene across the Netherlands. Drag queens, kings, pups and other communities, made in collaboration with the city archive of Rotterdam.

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Studio portrait from the People series
04 — Portraiture

People

A collection of portraits — studio and on location, digital and analog.

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