Why drag? / Magnus Hastings ; foreword by Boy George.
Publisher: San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2016] 2016Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 31 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0025883665ISBN: 9781452148977 (hbk.) :Uniform titles: Works. Selections Subject(s): Hastings, Magnus | Female impersonators -- Portraits | Portrait photography | Photography | Portraiture | Individual photographers | Other performing arts | Popular cultureDDC classification: 779.2092 LOC classification: TR681.F45 | H37 2016Summary: With a foreword by Boy George. For over a decade, Hastings has been photographing the world's greatest drag superstars, asking each of them a simple question: Why drag? This collection is their response, combining full-colour photos with personal reflections, quips and philosophising. For over a decade, Magnus Hastings has been photographing the world's greatest drag superstars and asking each of them a simple question: Why drag? The result is this mesmerising volume in which the queens strut their stuff and reflect on their shared passion through a mixture of quips and philosophising. Subjects include icons of reality TV and underground drag royalty, and photographs range from the divine to the trashy. Featuring the likes of Bianca Del Rio and Courtney Act, this collection is a beautiful celebration of drag as an art form and an exhilarating exploration of what drag means to its greatest artists.| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Book | MAIN LIBRARY Book | 779.2 HAS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 114320 |
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For over a decade, Magnus Hastings has been photographing the world's greatest drag superstars and asking each of them a simple question: Why drag? The result is this mesmerizing volume in which the queens strut their stuff and reflect on their shared passion through a mixture of quips and philosophizing. Subjects include icons of reality TV and underground drag royalty, and photographs range from the divine to the trashy. Featuring the likes of Bianca Del Rio and Courtney Act, this collection is a beautiful celebration of drag as an art form and an exhilarating exploration of what drag means to its greatest artists.
With a foreword by Boy George. For over a decade, Hastings has been photographing the world's greatest drag superstars, asking each of them a simple question: Why drag? This collection is their response, combining full-colour photos with personal reflections, quips and philosophising. For over a decade, Magnus Hastings has been photographing the world's greatest drag superstars and asking each of them a simple question: Why drag? The result is this mesmerising volume in which the queens strut their stuff and reflect on their shared passion through a mixture of quips and philosophising. Subjects include icons of reality TV and underground drag royalty, and photographs range from the divine to the trashy. Featuring the likes of Bianca Del Rio and Courtney Act, this collection is a beautiful celebration of drag as an art form and an exhilarating exploration of what drag means to its greatest artists.
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