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Chloe Aftel

she/her they/them
Places of practice

Los Angeles, California, United States of America

San Francisco, California, United States of America

New York City, New York, United States of America

Metadata
Biography

Chloe Aftel has spent her career working in commercial photography, photojournalism, and film. She’s an established name in modern photography with work featured in The New York Times, Mother Jones, Playboy, Dazed & Confused, Vogue Germany, The Hollywood Reporter, The Wall Street Journal, Vogue Italia, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, and more. Aftel has photographed victims of sexual violence, reported on COVID 19's impact on the trans community, and gained access as the first reporter in COVID wards of the West Coast’s hardest-hit hospitals. She has covered underground abortion providers, the impact of gender pronouns on daily life, and clergy abuse. Aftel's first book, 'Outside & In Between,' is an award-winning anthology covering gender non-conforming people across the United States.

Eventive. “2025 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival.” Accessed June 25, 2026. https://sftff2025.eventive.org/films.
Filmography
  • Toni

    film/video, 2025

    Director

References
Aftel, Chloe. “Chloe Aftel.” Mother Jones, n.d. Accessed October 16, 2026. https://www.motherjones.com/author/chloe-aftel/.