A tribute to the groundbreaking drag elders who helped pave the way for the queens of todayDrag has officially transcended the underground and exploded into the mainstream. Queens have more media representation than everin film, television, music, fashion, and advertising. Theyre everywhere. But how did we get here? It didnt simply happen through the popularity of one TV show, but over decades of perseverance, hard work, and intergenerational support within local drag communities. Its time to honor the queens who paved the way for the new generation of drag and are still carrying out their work today. Legends of Drag is both a photo book and archive of living drag history. Presenting 80 portraits of these American drag elders alongside anecdotes from their lives, this book provides a queer historical framework with which to consider their work and its cultural contributions. Each portrait is styled with floral elements and has been shot in locations that hold special significance to the local drag community.
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Dimensions: 197 x 251mm
Publication Date: 23 Jun 2022
Publisher: Abrams
Publication City/Country: United States
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781419758478
About Devin AntheusHarry James Hanson
Harry James Hanson is a genderqueer artist creative director and lifelong drag performer based in Brooklyn. For the past five years they have run a commercial photography studio and their independent work has been published in the New York Times Vogue Harpers Bazaar Vanity Fair New York magazine Vice and Dazed among others. Devin Antheus is a floral stylist spirit worker and writer who lives in San Francisco. They are the founder of Temple of Dionysos which hosts regular public rituals in the Bay Area. They teach classes on floral design ancient Mediterranean mystery traditions and queer spiritualities. Their writing has been published in Vogue Harpers Bazaar the New Inquiry through Contagion Press and the astrology app CoStar. They are co-editor of the anthology Queer Ultraviolence (Ardent Press).