Category Archives: News
Meet Tavia
The Drag Explosion was part of the recent New York Virtual Art Book Fair. A Zoom discussion about my soon-to-be-available book included me, art director and publisher David Knowles (Domain) and Tavia N’yongo, who wrote the afterword. David brought in Tavia to the project and he and I were meeting each other for the first […]
Face Time
It’s always exciting when The Drag Explosion gets a media mention, but a profile by The Face magazine about my upcoming book is especially thrilling. The Face, which is from England, dates back to 1980 when London was the cool music capital of the world. During my youth, I lived for each issue and the […]
Drag Photos from Sea to Shining Sea
As I was running around snapping photos of NYC’s drag and gay scene in the 1980s and ‘90s, Reynaldo Rivera was doing the same in Los Angeles, with a Latino flavor. (The photos below are all by him. The last one is a self-portrait from 1996.) Plus, we both have new books, which we […]
BYE BYE PHOTO EXHIBIT
I spent the last day of my photo exhibit at Tiger Strikes Asteroid gallery, greeting friends and making new ones. The entire show was a wonderful experience and I owe a give big thanks to the gallery, curator Pacifico Silano and all who stopped by!
Hip, Hyper, Hooray!
The wonderful art website Hyperallergic included my photo show in its list of “must see” events for the month. The exhibit runs through November 15th at Tiger Strikes Asteroid gallery in Brooklyn.