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THE DAILY STORY
Few men have the balls to be women, but even fewer can truly master the art of drag. New York–based photographer Leland Bobbé celebrates the fabulous queens that populate our fair metropolis in a new series titled Half-Drag, creating dynamic dual portraits of drag queens simultaneously in and out of hair and makeup. Created organically (no Photoshop effects were used to achieve the split faces), the photographs exude a certain glamour reminiscent of press photos or screen tests, but with an inventive, thought-provoking twist. Representing the binary of gender as well as the plethora of dichotomies a person contends with, both in themselves and in the world, the portraits seize your visual attention as well as your mind. [Read and see more on Hyperallergic]](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8pgyriuPn1qlx7ako1_500.jpg)
THE DAILY STORY
Few men have the balls to be women, but even fewer can truly master the art of drag. New York–based photographer Leland Bobbé celebrates the fabulous queens that populate our fair metropolis in a new series titled Half-Drag, creating dynamic dual portraits of drag queens simultaneously in and out of hair and makeup. Created organically (no Photoshop effects were used to achieve the split faces), the photographs exude a certain glamour reminiscent of press photos or screen tests, but with an inventive, thought-provoking twist. Representing the binary of gender as well as the plethora of dichotomies a person contends with, both in themselves and in the world, the portraits seize your visual attention as well as your mind. [Read and see more on Hyperallergic]
