APA Scope - Conversation with Daniel Aros-Aguilar

Don't miss the first episode of the new season of APA Scope! Monday, September 12th, 4 pm PT, 6 pm CT, 7 pm ET.

Hosts Liam Clickenger, Edwin Vargas, and Gonzalo Guzman welcome APA DC's first LGBTQIAP+ photography grant recipient Daniel Aros-Aguilar.

A panel of distinguished judges selected Daniel from more than 114 applications representing 22 countries. He is a gender non-conforming photographer born in Colombia who now resides in Harlem, N.Y.

His grant submission “Sandunga Nunca Muere” ("Her Beauty Never Dies”) is an ongoing photography project that establishes contemporary documentation of pre-Christianized queer history and redefinition of morality in the Latin American culture.

Read more about Daniel's project

Daniel Aros-Aguilar (he/she/them) is a gender non-conforming artist born in Colombia and now based in Harlem. Daniel grew up in Florida, where their [CU1] family immigrated seeking refuge. After graduating high school, Daniel transferred to BMCC in Manhattan. Afte r dropping out of college, they became assistant to photographer Mike Ruiz. They later began producing commercial and editorial work for Brianna Capozzi, Talia Chetrit, Danko Steiner, Miranda Lichtenstein, and Daniel Gordon. Their work has been featured in American Photography, Nueva Luz, Fotofilmic, Aint-Bad, Sensored, and Maake magazines. As well as digitally by InStyle, American and Italian Vogue, and the MoMA in New York. Daniel currently holds a residency at the Bronx Arts Factory and is a recipient of the En Foco Photography Fellowship, 2022.