Bryan DeParsia is a self-taught photographer based in Sunnyside, Queens, where he lives and keeps his studio. His work centers on portraiture, both environmental and studio.

His sittings are slow and intimate. They run two hours and yield two rolls of film. The process centers on conversation. The pictures come from gestures and emotions that surface in response to the light, the space, and the people in the room.

He also photographs New York's gay kink and leather subcultures and the streets and ecology of Sunnyside.

He works in editorial, fashion, and portraiture, on film and digital.