Anna Min is an American photographer. Min's work focuses on grassroots groups that otherwise could not afford professional level photography and are often overlooked regarding mainstream publicity.

Life and work

Min is a

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born in

Minneapolis Minneapolis is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 429,954 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the state's List of cities in Minnesota, most populous city. Locat ...

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

and raised in Riverside Plaza by their mother. Min attended South High School where they were homecoming queen. They served as secretary of the District 202 board until 2005. They graduated from

Macalester College Macalester College ( ) is a private liberal arts college in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1874, Macalester is exclusively an undergraduate institution with an enrollment of 2,142 students in the fall of 2023. The college ha ...

in 2009 with a degree in economics and statistics. Min has served on the board of directors of Rainbow Health Initiative since 2008. They are a member of the social change fund committee of the Women's Foundation of Minnesota and joined the board of PFund in 2010. They began taking photos in 2008 because they saw a need for diverse representation in photography and to capture a more broad reflection of the community around them. Min is self-taught. Min founded Min Enterprises Photography in 2010, and their portfolio includes many large-scale events like

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, Queertopia, Take Back the Night, marriage amendment rallies, and the National Conference on Creating Change. Min has remarked that approximately 90% of their work is underpaid. Min's work focuses on grassroots groups that otherwise could not afford professional level photography and are often overlooked regarding mainstream publicity. They were invited by

Mu Performing Arts Theater Mu, (Formerly Mu Performing Arts), located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, is an Asian American arts organization in the Midwest, the second largest in the country. According to Mu's website, the company name "Mu" is "the Korean pronunciation of ...

to a conversation about the Ordway's production of ''

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'' and later became involved in a campaign critical of the production. Min documented the

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protest at the

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and created a photo essay that appeared in ''Gazillion Voices Magazine''. In 2015, Min had their first photography show and print sale at the Cafe Southside. They also use an

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for video and still photography.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Min, Anna Living people Photographers from Minnesota Artists from Minneapolis Macalester College alumni Year of birth missing (living people)