Why Drag?

Informationen zum Autor Magnus Hastings is a photographer whose work has been featured in various books and magazines and shown in several solo exhibitions. He lives in Los Angeles and London. Boy George is a singer, songwriter, producer, author, and fashion designer. He lives in London. Klappentext Why Drag? Because drag is limitless. Anything is possible and excepted as long as it provokes reaction.'--Darienne Lake, Rochester, New York'Why drag? Because I like to wear pantyhose.'--Tammie Brown, Los AngelesFor over a decade, British photographer Magnus Hastings has been photographing the worlds greatest drag superstars and asking each of them a simple question: Why drag? The result is this mesmerising collection, in which the queens strut their stuff in gorgeous full-colour photographs and reflect on their shared passion through a mixture of quips and philosophising. Hastings subjects include icons of reality TV and underground drag royalty, and his photographs range from the divine to the trashy. Featuring the likes of Bianca Del Rio and Courtney Act, this collection is a bold, bright, and beautiful celebration of drag as an art form and an exhilarating exploration of what drag means to its greatest artists. Zusammenfassung Featuring the likes of Bianca Del Rio and Courtney Act, this collection is a bold, bright, and beautiful celebration of drag as an art form and an exhilarating exploration of what drag means to its greatest artists.

Product details

• Authors: Magnus Hastings
• Assisted by: Magnus Hastings (Photographs)
• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.06.2016
• EAN: 9781452148977
• ISBN: 978-1-4521-4897-7
• No. of pages: 224
• Dimensions: 260 mm x 311 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; Populäre Kultur, einzelne Fotografen, Fotografie: Porträts & Selbstporträts, Tanz, Spezielle Techniken in der Fotografie, Bezug zu Transgender Personen und Gruppen, Andere darstellende Künste, Populärkultur, Trivialkultur, Englische Bücher / Kunst, Architektur, Fotografie, Mensch / Fotobände, Gender Studies / Transgender, Transgender - Transsexualität - Intersexualität