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, Norman Jean Roy, Mario Testino, and James Nachtwey. He has been featured in and written for NY Mag, shot for Esquire, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, ZEIT and WIRED.

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, WIRED, The Atlantic, Washington Post, New Yorker, Business Insider, Esquire, TIME, CNN, The Guardian

Selected Stories:

NY MAG: Camarillo ICE Raid

NY MAG: Trump Brand is Chaos

ZEIT: Alex Pretti/Minneapolis

ZEIT: Renee Good/Minneapolis

ZEIT: Trump 2.0, First Year

ZEIT: AMERICA FEST 2025

ZEIT: Charlie Kirk Funeral

ZEIT: Charlie Kirk UVU Assassination in Orem, UT

ZEIT: Kirk Vigil in Phoenix, Arizona

ESQUIRE: ICE Detention Center

WIRED: Melania Doc

WIRED: TESLA DINER

Washington Post: Altadena Fire

Recognized In:

TIME: Best of 2025

GUARDIAN: Photos that defined 2025

ZEIT: Year in Pictures 2025

CNN: Year In Photos 2025

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