About
Born 1995 in Nashville, Tennessee, Ethan Roy is a Los Angeles based photographer. His focus has been the cultural and political landscape of America under the MAGA movement. Pointing his lens at those who benefit from its power and those most susceptible to be affected by its policies. He has documented ICE operations in LA, NYC & Minneapolis as well as the protests against those initiatives, the destructive effects of CA wildfires, Charlie Kirk’s memorial, the MAGA movement and the normalization of conspiracy theorists. Alongside with documenting the America social landscape, he had previously spent a few years working alongside as an assistant with photographers such as Peter Lindbergh and James Nachtwey. He frequently shoots with DIE Zeit, written & shot for NY Mag. He has also been featured and shot for Esquire, WIRED, Vanity Fair, New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Bloomberg, Business Insider & LA Times.
He was also listed in TIME Magazine’s Best Photos of 2025 along with similar lists from CNN, Zeit, and The Guardain.
You can contact Ethan at:
ethan.noah.roy@gmail.com or 323-229-9499
Publications: NY Mag, Die Zeit, Esquire, Vanity Fair, New Yorker, WIRED, New York Times, Pro Publica, The Atlantic, Washington Post, Business Insider, Bloomberg, TIME, CNN, The Guardian, Der Freitag,
Selected Stories:
NEW YORKER: Altadena Home Transportation
ZEIT: Erika Kirk/Assassination Anniversary
ZEIT: Charlie Kirk UVU Assassination in Orem, UT
ZEIT: Kirk Vigil in Phoenix, Arizona
Washington Post: Altadena Fire
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