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| THE DRAG EXPLOSION: GREATEST HITS Linda Simpson $30 |
Design by Michael Magnan Published 2024 8.5 x 11″ 56 pages Softcover |
Featuring exceptional photos from Linda Simpson’s 2020 out-of-print hardcover book. ***** NYC’s momentous drag scene of the 1980s and ’90s reigns again in this volume of photos by Linda Simpson, who spent the era in the middle of the action taking just-for-fun snapshots. Wild nightlife! Queer activism! Pop-culture moments! The collection pays tribute to a golden age, when drag transformed from an underground art form into a mainstream sensation, and paved the path for today’s drag renaissance. |
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| MIGHTY WARRIORS Linda Simpson $30 |
Design by Michael Magnan Published in 2024 8.5 x 11″ 58 pages Softcover |
Linda Simpson shares more of her photos from NYC in the 1980s and ’90s, this time featuring young men who comprised her mostly gay social circle—scenesters, activists, sexpots, fashion plates and friends. Virtually all the photos were shot during the AIDS crisis, yet the book is a playful, joyous and flirty reminiscence, radiating with the optimism of youth. |
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| THE DRAG EXPLOSION Linda Simpson $50 |
Published by Domain Design by David Knowles First printing 2020, second printing 2021 7.625 x 11.25″ 250 pages Hardcover |
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| PAGES Linda Simpson $25
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Published by Peradam Design by Sam Cate-Gumpert and Elizabeth Jaeger Published 2013 6.75 x 9″ inches 60 pages Softcover |
In her debut photo book, drag queen documentarian Linda Simpson pays heartfelt homage to her captivating transgender friend Page. Set in the bygone gritty New York of the 1990s, the snapshots recall the mysterious beauty, outlandish sense of style, and provocative performances that made Page a cult figure of downtown’s gender-bending nightlife. |
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| MY COMRADE |
Out of stock.
Linda Simpson’s fabled and fabulous underground gay magazine. Although published mostly in the 1980s and ’90s, new issues pop up now and then. See website: |
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