About

Noah Dolinsky is a portrait photographer and filmmaker based in Bangkok, Thailand, where he has lived and worked since 2014. His work explores identity, longing, and emotional presence through a cinematic lens.

Drawing inspiration from Thai street life, urban textures, and fleeting encounters, Dolinsky’s images blend moody portraiture with quiet documentary moments. Whether staged or spontaneous, each photograph resists spectacle and seeks connection, often portraying those on the edges of visibility with tenderness and dignity.

Over the past decade, his lens has found stories in alleyways, rooftops, markets, and dimly lit interiors, capturing Thai transgender women, performers, fighters, and strangers passing through the vibrant pulse of the city. His long-term focus on cinematic portraiture has been recognized through three shortlist selections for 1854 Media’s Portrait of Humanity award, with publication in the annual photobook by Hoxton Mini Press.

In addition to photography, Dolinsky has directed a trilogy of LGBTQ+-themed short films - My Name is Bella (2021), Fallen Angel (2022), and Save the Last Dance for Me (2023) - which have won awards and screened at film festivals across Europe, Asia, and beyond.

Almost like “the man who fell to earth,” Dolinsky found in Bangkok both a setting and a rhythm that resonated deeply. FALLEN ANGELS, his first photobook, is the culmination of ten years spent documenting Thai transgender women through portraits that are both intimate and cinematic - a tribute to resilience, beauty, and presence.