Matt Ramey (illegalpics) captured these stunning portraits of drag queens in his home state of North Carolina.
A photographer inspired by Annie Leibowitz captured powerful portraits of drag queens in and out of costume to show the “human side” of their characters.
“Annie Leibovitz’s portraits of showgirls were a big inspiration visually with the costumed photos in color and the out-of-costume photos in black and white.”“Getting into drag takes so long that I wasn’t going to ask anyone to get in drag just for the portrait,” explains Ramey. “So I met all of the performers for their costumed portrait out and about before a show.
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