Austin Young (born April 12, 1966) is an American photographer, film maker and new media artist based in Los Angeles, known for both celebrity portraits and documentation of sub and trans culture. Young is co-founder of Fallen Fruit, an art collective that uses fruit as a common denominator for public engagement and collaboration.
Career Since 1985, Young has been documenting pop, sub, and trans culture while playing with the themes of camp (style), celebrity, gender and identity through portrait photography and film.
Young is one of the creators of the open-source Tranimal Workshop events, launched in 2009 at Machine Project in Los Angeles. The concept of the Tranimal Workshop was a collaboration among Young, Squeaky Blonde and Fade-Dra, with the participation of Mathu Andersen, Jer Ber Jones, Andrew Marlin, and others.
Young's solo art exhibit “YOUR FACE HERE” took place on January 29, 2011 at Pop tART Gallery. Young established his art studio for a five-week residency at Pop tART Gallery in Los Angeles.
In 2025, Young created the site-specific installation Temple of Flowers (Il Piccolo Paradiso), commissioned by the Chiostro del Bramante for the exhibition Flowers: Art from the Renaissance to Artificial Intelligence.
Features and shorts Young's film projects include: Year Title Type Notes2003Hadda Brooks: Queen of the BoogieFeature FilmCo-director with Barry Pett2013-2015TBD, The MusicalFeature Film, MusicalCreator, Director2006-2021The WormShort, SeriesDirected, Creator by Austin Young, with Nadya Ginsburg2005Queen PleaseDirected by Austin Young, with Margaret Cho, Vaginal Davis and Jackie BeatFish PowerShortwith Margaret Cho and Selene Luna and Johnny SmithThe StrokeShortCo-directed with Barry Pett,Portrait of the Infamous Boom BoomShortDirectorPortrait of Selene LunaShortDirector2021Jump Cut #3 - THEMShortDirector, with Alaska, Willam, Laganja, Peaches
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