Crash Margulies Art & Photography

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Crash Margulies Art & Photography

Artist, photographer, and all-around DIY punk. I specialize in concerts and events but am up for nearly anything.

I've been photographing since 2008 and enjoy everything from parties to concerts to senior photos or individual shoots. If you're in the Twin Cities metro area and are in need of a photographer, feel free to be in touch, and we can negotiate setting and price!

04/07/2026

Some folks have been following along with this skirt mending so I've decided to post it here! I hope to have the energy to properly wear and photograph it worn sometime soon, but here are some close-ups of the darning I've done!

I'm still seeking information on what this fabric might be (super lightweight, translucent in light, burn test confirms cotton/linen) since the skirt itself has no tags and I'd love to recreate it in every color ever.

What sort of have you been meaning to get to? Do you have a favorite wardrobe piece you've been wearing for years?

IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS

Photo of bright orange, red, magenta, purple, and navy blue fabric held up in front of a light source. The fabric is translucent and very vibrant. Text reads, Visible mending on a favorite wardrobe piece / because preserving materials and memories is important in an age of consumption
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Photo of bright orange, red, magenta, purple, and navy blue fabric held up on a wooden embroidery hoop. The arm holding the project up is white and visibly tattooed.

Text reads, This skirt was my father's mother's. She probably bought it somewhere in New York City before she retired, but I have no other information about it! No tags, no brand, no sizing.

It's one of my favorite wardrobe pieces but it's showing its age (~40yrs) and my use, so I finally sat down to repair it
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Vibrant scarlet fabric with purple accents laid across a white person's hand. It is mended with like-color thread in a woven pattern.

Text reads,
I used cotton embroidery thread that a friend gave me. I didn't always have an exact color match, so I mixed and matched strands from multiple skeins.

(Continued in comments)

03/24/2026

Some goals for this spring. These all depend heavily on my ability/health, but if I treat myself with kindness and adapt these things to my stamina and remember not to be a perfectionist, I should be able to do some!

IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS:

1) Goals for spring / a photo from the archive of dewdrops on a leaf

2) Scrapbook / junk & art journal more. A ballpoint pen drawing of a leafless tree at twilight, roots visible

3) read more. A photo of an e-reader with a lock screen of a skull and crossbones book

4) Write more. A handheld keyboard in front of a white person's hand over a teal and green quilt

5) mend and sew more. A bleach dyed T-shirt being mended with embroidery thread, mostly in trans flag colors

6) take more photos (even from bed). A black and white cat with green eyes rests in a sunny window.

7) enjoy times with loved ones (including pets). An orange cat is circled up asleep in dim lighting.

03/16/2026

Wear a mask! 😷

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IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS: three slides in long COVID teal.

Yesterday (March 15) was Long COVID awareness day and I was too busy taking 3 different rescue meds, sh***ing myself, vomiting, and then sleeping 14 hours to recover due to symptoms caused by my LC to post about it.

It's embarrassing to be this sick. It's more embarrassing that people are spreading disease that makes people this sick and you don't seem to care!

The only way to avoid long term effects of COVID like these are to avoid catching COVID. Wear a KF94, KN95, N95, or P100 mask without an exhalation valve. Use MERV13 or HEPA filters to clean the air. Once the infrastructure to clean the air is in place EVERYWHERE, masks may be less necessary.

03/14/2026

Hey friends! This slideshow has been in the works for a while, but I originally did the entire thing in the wrong crop ratio for our favorite social media overlords.

It took a lot out of me to get the original done and it took the wind out of my sails to not be able to post it right away--but I'm (re)learning that I cannot and do not live in internet immediacy and if the project is worth doing, it's worth doing well & slowly.

This is NOT COMPREHENSIVE and there are many more access issues and needs disabled people need addressed to live, work, organize, and communicate in community.

As always, my work is made to be shared & can be found away from Meta in other places.

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IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS

A series of digital slides, in white and colored text on a black background.

The first slide reads, "crash Margulies / The future must be accessible / If people cannot join because we FORGOT about their needs, our "liberation" is incomplete

The next slides all follow a format pattern of key words emphasized in color with white text and an icon matching in theme. the name "crash margulies" provides credit on each one.

SLIDE 2: if you will build SHIELDS but not RAMPS, your revolution has holes in it. Why are wheelchair and walker users MISSING from your "liberated" future? Icon of a person pushing a manual wheelchair.

SLIDE 3: If you use MEGAPHONES but not CAPTIONS, your revolution has holes in it. Why are D/deaf, Deaf-Blind, and Hard of Hearing people MISSING from your "liberated" future? An icon of an ear with a hearing aid, receiving signal

SLIDE 4: If you use INFOGRAPHICS but not IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS or ALT TEXT, your revolution has holes in it. Why are Blind, Deaf-Blind, and vision-impaired people MISSING from your "liberated" future? Icon of an eye struck through and darkened on one side.

SLIDE 5: If your neutralize TEAR GAS but not INFECTION, your revolution has holes in it. Why are ill, unvaccinated, and vulnerable people MISSING from your "liberated" future? Icon of a coronavirus, crossed out.

(CONT IN COMMENTS)

03/13/2026

Happy spring! As our banner says, stay close to the people who feel like sunshine. Excited to eventually edit the rest of these portraits we did together, too 🧡💛🩷
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Image descriptions / text transcript:

SLIDE 1: DAWN AND CRASH ARE (the word getting is crossed out) ALREADY MARRIED!

A series of digital graphics in teal, orange, blue, and pink.

We're together in all the ways that matter!

Confused? We wrote this little explainer for you.

Portrait of a sapphic couple in the sunlight. They are dressed in fancy clothing and wearing fanciful makeup with flowers and stars. They both have decorative headpieces, veils, and other jewelry.

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SLIDE 2: "Oh no, we missed the wedding!" You did not. In the wake of Crash's worsening health and the recent terror of the Minneapolis ICE occupation, we just decided to get rings and announce things!

Photo of two silicone wedding rings, one with sunbursts on orange and one with a treeline in teal.

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SLIDE 3: But isn't Dawn already married?

A selfie photo of three people (Dawn, Mikki, and Crash) in respirator masks in an event tent. A sticker in the upper corner says "METAMOUR = A PARTNER'S PARTNER"

She sure is! Her wife Mikki is lovely, kind, creative, and totally aware of our relationship. We're polyamorous, which means everyone involved is fully informed and consenting to the situation. We also co-wrote a longer blog FAQ post about it on crashmargulies.dreamwidth.org

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SLIDE 4: If you're polyamorous, why be married?

There's always the possibility of more partners showing up somewhere in our lives, or even already existing in our lives and just not wanting an internet or social media presence.

But Dawn and Crash's commitment to each other feels Big, Important, and Indefinite--like a marriage. We want people in our lives to recognize that with us.

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SLIDE 5: So, no ceremony? Because of the polyamory, we can't get legally married anyway; because of our anti-viral precautions, a large gathering is difficult, and Crash has planned enough pandemic weddings for one lifetime.
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02/15/2026

Sometimes people ask why I don't talk about washing your hands, disinfecting your surfaces, or getting vaccinated. In my opinion, the fact that you mentioned those things to defend them proves I don't have to!

I've also never had doctors or other medical professionals refuse to wash their hands, disinfect surfaces, or vaccinate me. I have had them tell me respirators are not required anymore and refuse to wear them.

Diseases like norovirus really require surface disinfecting and hand washing! I hate norovirus, I never want to have it again!

But viruses like COVID really require clean, filtered air, both at the source (your mouth and nose, masks) and where air lingers (in a room, air filters like HEPA and MERV13). I hate COVID, I never want to have it again!

A series of digital graphics in pink, lime green, and goldenrod.

SLIDE 1: Why I don't mention handwashing in my disease prevention posts / crash margulies

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SLIDE 2: When I write posts on disease prevention, people sometimes ask why I don't point out handwashing or surface disinfection among my prevention measures.

TL;DR - You mentioning them proves I don't need to

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SLIDE 3: crash margulies

THE LONGER ANSWER:

When the COVID-19 pandemic began. the United States focused a lot of public health messaging on washing or sanitizing hands and disinfecting surfaces.

While this is effective in preventing many diseases, it is not the right approach to COVID-19 and other airborne viruses, because they spread in the air like smoke, and are passed from person to person mostly through breathing.

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SLIDE 4: crash margulies

THE {EVEN} LONGER ANSWER:

The public health content I work on is specifically about strengthinging airborne protection measuresbecause our public health systems still refuse to implement cleaner air changes on a large scale.

I have never had to ask my doctors to wash their hands or disinfect surfaces. I have never been told by medical professionals, "No, we don't have to do that anymore."

I have experienced both of these things when asking for respirators and cleaner air.

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01/25/2026

"We Keep Us Safe" must include people who cannot or don't train

fight
Run
stand
speak
acknowledge us
understand events

If all you can say is "get armed," you're not thinking wide enough

01/13/2026

A blog post in images, set over a photo of Lake St & Portland Ave where I used to live.

(Text reads: My family calls each other when we make it to our destination safely now. We run errands in pairs and trios. We've packed go-bags complete with irreplaceable items like late pets' collars and photos of friends. We wear our most important jewelry. We keep the cat carriers by the door.

My partner and I are getting silicone wedding rings after months of dithering because there's nothing else we can do to prove to anyone that we care about each other in case of an emergency--if they don't care to recognize her legal wife then what will I even matter?

We talk about going somewhere else. I think all of us know there is nowhere really to go.

We carry whistles but like Becca Good said: we have whistles, they have guns. In our streets. In the parking lot of the strip mall where I used to buy my hair dye as a teenager. At the grocery store I shopped at when I lived 4 blocks north of Renee Good's murder.

I am afraid. For someone who has wanted to die a lot of my life I find I don't want to do it this way at the same time as I accept, every time I leave the house, that it would be better to be me than anyone else. / End text transcript)

01/07/2026

2026 is starting in the midst of vaccine elimination, and one of the worst flu seasons in recent memory.

These have been in my head a while & I finally had both a good enough health day + my digital art supplies to draw it up! I've considered making them stickers or pins or something but for now I just wanted to share something I thought others might like.

(IMAGE DESCRIPTIONS: Digital graphic in various color palettes that says DISEASE PREVENTION CLUB. There is a pill reminiscent of PReP in front of a prescription bottle; a condom; an N95 respirator mask; and a vaccine vial and syringe. The artist's name, Crash Margulies, is on the lower corner.

The last slide says: prevent the spread of disease
/ covidactionmap.org / maskbloc.org / youhavetoliveyour.life / crash Margulies" end ID)

09/11/2025

🥳🎉😻 Two years of Jaywalker!

I rescued this dude off my street at my old apartment after he stuck his little kitty butt in my face and decided to claim me by sitting on my lap and eating my hair. Now he's been inside with clean paws for two whole years. He lives with and and he even has a friend! 🎉😻🥳

[IMAGE DESCRIPTION, 10 SLIDES: image 1: A small black and white cat with yellow-green eyes and long white whiskers. He's perched on a bookshelf and staring at the camera.
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image 2: A small black and white cat with yellow-green eyes and long white whiskers. The photo is blurry and the cat is in a cardboard box He's got his tongue out and is staring at the camera.
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image 3: Two cats on a cat tree by an open window. There is an orange cat with green eyes and a black and white cat with yellow-green eyes
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image 4: A small black and white cat with long whiskers sits on a trans woman's lap. Both look comfortable.
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image 5: A small black and white cat with long white whiskers naps on a chair. You can see pink toe beans in his paws.
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image 6: A small black and white cat with long white whiskers napping in a cat tree compartment.
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image 7: A small black and white cat with long white whiskers and light green eyes resting on a pile of blankets.
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image 8: A black and white cat stretches out in an arc over a small side cabinet. He stretches his body so it is very long. A person with dyed red hair watches.
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image 9: A small black and white cat with long white whiskers and yellow-green eyes is curled up against a person's side in bed. You can see the person's tattoos and a pair of tinted, beaded glasses in the photo
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image 10: A small black and white cat sleeps curled up in a cat tree compartment. Most of his body is curled into a furry ball, except his white front paws

END DESCRIPTION.]

09/06/2025

We tried to take outfit photos? 😄📸👗

📿 Both of our necklaces were designed & handmade by

It's suddenly fall here after a hot, humid, stormy, smoky summer. Glad for the better air quality, not so glad for the cold fingers & toes from now until April or May!

ID is in insta's built in feature but I am still seeking feedback on whether I need to paste them elsewhere (either now or as common practice!) so lmk if that is a thing you know about

😷 .global xPlore 1750
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09/02/2025

People who have spent hours telling me I am worth keeping alive refuse to wear masks in public spaces and it astounds me. If that's true, why am I not allowed at your museum / concert / house / pharmacy / coffee shop?

Respirator or I don't believe you, the same way it's "stand up for trans rights in real life or I don't believe you"!

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