Judge for 2020 & 2021 photo competition
Photographer in Taylor Macs 24-Decade History of Popular Music
Honorable Mention MONOVISION AWARDS
Honorable Mention MONOVISION AWARDS
Honorable Mention NEUTRAL DENSITY AWARDS
IPA AWARD 2020, 3rd Place Title: Downtown Category: Book. People Read more on IPA
DOWNTOWN EVENT
DOWNTOWN PRESS
In the photographs of Gregory Kramer, collected for the new publication Downtown, we see the spirit of New York continues to fight for itself. Spanning race, gender, sexuality, age, and class, Kramer’s downtown is a portrait of a portrait of a people who will never stop fighting for the powers, pleasures, and perils of the avant-garde — for the freedom to simply be who we truly are.
Kramer gives us a panorama of downtown life in his portraits of everyone from chanteuse Justin Vivian Bond to the Afro-futuristic Illustrious Blacks, scribe Michael Musto to actor Alan Cummings, activists Gays Against Guns to costumier Machine Dazzle. Downtown is a mellifluous medley of queer luminaries and drag queens, performers and promoters, strippers and artists who continue to persevere, knowing full well that the fight for freedom never ends — for the day we lay down is the day we leave the earth.
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Time Out Says
DRAGS photographer Gregory Kramer has photographed NYC's brightest living legends for his new collection, DOWNTOWN. Join a featured crew of performers from the book for two blowout performances. On July 23, host Sir Richard Castle welcomes an all-star lineup to Joe's Pub, including Larry Owens, Bowen Yang, the Illustrious Blacks, Amanda Duarte and Bridget Everett. And on August 1, get down to an intimate showcase at Club Cumming featuring host David Goldberg, Kiko Soirée, Jim Andralis, Larry Krone and Gloria Swansong.
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Photographer Gregory Kramer first made a splash with his 2017 book Drags, featuring beloved New York drag performers like Sasha Velour, Peppermint, Murray Hill, Dr. Wang Newton, and countless others. With his new project, Downtown, he draws inspiration from another part of the city: New York’s downtown performance scene, which has been a hub of creative (and often queer) inspiration for decades, beloved for an unconventional and eccentric spirit not often duplicated in commercial theatre.
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– How and when did you become interested in photography?
I became interested in photography when I picked up a camera for the high school yearbook. That was back in 1986 and from that moment on I knew I wanted to be a photographer. I quickly realized that documenting high school life would have a lasting impact on everyone photographed.
– Is there any artist/photographer who inspired your art?
I have always admired Irving Penn. Through lighting, composition, and trust of his subjects Penn has captured some of the worlds most memorable images. He effortlessly found the beauty in all the subjects he photographed making him one of the most sought out photographers of his generation.
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DRAGS EVENTS
DRAGS BOOK LAUNCH
Thursday, September 7th, 2017 Highline Ballroom, NYC featuring SASHA VELOUR benefiting Ali Forney Center
MONDAY, OCTOBER 30TH, 2017 @ 6-8PM 1133 Broadway @ 26th Street, NYC
Hosted by the fabulous LINDA SIMPSON
performances by Dusty Ray Bottoms, Scarlett Envy, and Bobbie. Music by DESTINY
FASHIONSPEAK FRIDAYS: DRAGS NOVEMBER 3RD, 2017 @ 7PM 15 Gramercy Park South, NYC
Join Gregory Kramer, along with Charles Busch, Ragamuffin, Murray Hill, and Marti Gould Cummings for an evening or performances and conversation about drag.
DRAGS - BOOK SIGNING EVENT BY GREGORY KRAMER THURSDAY, MAY 3RD, 2018 @ 8:30PM AXEL ARIGATO FLAGSHIP STORE 19-23 Broadwick Street, W1F 0DF LONDON
Performances by :
Marti Gould Cummings & Ragamuffin
DRAGS PRESS
CAPTURING THE HEART OF NEW YORK'S FLAMBOYANT DRAG SCENE
Drag meddles in stories about gender, beauty, and culture. Even in the act of lip syncing, we choose a song – a preexisting story that's deemed "straight" or "normal" or "nothing out of the ordinary" – and then we squeeze our beautiful queer bodies into it, shifting the meaning, disrupting the total effect. Drag makes room for us queers as we are (or perhaps more importantly, as we imagine ourselves) in the center of every recognizable narrative.
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GREGORY KRAMER'S NEW BOOK DRAGS TO BENEFIT ALI FORNEY CENTER
Veteran photographer and director Gregory Kramer's latest work, DRAGS, is a star-studded photo series that contains portraits of both drag initiates and superstars. If your coffee table happens to be covered in glitter, powder and sequins, DRAGS might just be the perfect addition.
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SEE NEW YORK CITY’S DRAG SCENE FILTERED THROUGH A CLASSIC LENS
Imagine the subtle genius of Irving Penn’s photographs, the simplicity behind his captures of character. Now project it into the aesthetic appetite of 2018 and you’ve got DRAGS, Gregory’s Kramer latest project.
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13 PHOTOS OF DRAG À LA MODE
Photographer Gregory Kramer brings mid-century style and glamour to New York's finest drag royalty in a new book.
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One of the most fierce, campy and beautiful coffee table books to come out in recent years is a masterpiece entitled, “DRAGS” by New York City fashion photographer, Gregory Kramer. The idea for the book came about almost like an epiphany.
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GROUNDBREAKING DRAG ARTISTS WHO AREN’T RUPAUL
After paging through Small Trades, Irving Penn’s portrait series depicting skilled trades people in their work clothes, New York-based fashion photographer Gregory Kramer had an epiphany. “I woke up one morning and was like – that’s it! Let’s document the New York drag scene,” he recalls.
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NEW YORK'S MOST FLAMBOYANT DRAG ARTISTS ARE CAPTURED IN THEATRICAL BLACK-AND-WHITE IMAGES BY A TOP FASHION PHOTOGRAPHER TO CELEBRATE WHAT IT REALLY MEANS TO BE A PROFESSIONAL QUEEN
A top fashion photographer is lifting the lid on some of New York's most high-profile drag queens and kings in a new book - via stylish black-and-white portraiture.
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#DRAGS: PHOTOGRAPHER GREGORY KRAMER’S BOOK FEATURES SOME FIERCE NEW YORK QUEENS & KINGS!
Drags is a photo series in book for by photographer Gregory Kramer documenting the drag queens and kings of New York City, through glamorous black-and-white photographs. It’s presented as fashion portraiture and features the legendary and up-and-coming legends.
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Sasha Velour, Peppermint, Strike A Pose For The Ali Forney Center
Sasha Velour hasn’t let winning Drag Race give her a big (bald) head: The New York queen is giving back to the community September 7 at a benefit for the Ali Forney Center.
The show doubles as a launch party for Gregory Kramer’s photo book, Drags, featuring Irving Penn-inspired portraits of some of New York’s most beloved drag queens and kings—including Lady Bunny, Charles Busch, Sweetie, Linda Simpson, Goldie Peacock, Wang Newton, and Season 9 standouts Aja and Peppermint.
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GREGORY KRAMER’S NEW YORK CITY DRAGS
Drags is a photo series documenting drag queens and drag kings from New York City, shot by director and fashion photographer Gregory Kramer. Presented in the style of classic fashion portraiture, the collection features legends, and up-and-coming legends in glamorous black and white, full-length studio portraits.
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"DRAGS," THE ARTIST'S NEW PHOTO BOOK, PROFILES NYC DRAG QUEENS AND DRAG KINGS
Born in a tiny town in rural Michigan, director and photographer Gregory Kramer moved to New York City in 1992 and fell in love with drag queens and kings. Over the past few years, he knew he wanted to work on a new project, but it wasn’t until he picked up Irving Penn’s “Small Trades” that the vision for his photo book "DRAGS" came into focus.
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PHOTO SERIES CELEBRATES THE GLORIOUS WORLD OF DRAG QUEENS AND KINGS
We’re all a little obsessed with drag culture. The performance, the contour, the names – it’s all fascinating. Giving us a glimpse inside this world is new book Drags, by Gregory Kramer.
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MEET DRAG SUPERSTAR SASHA VELOUR AT THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM NEXT MONTH
On Thursday, September 7, at 7pm, RuPaul's Drag Race season nine winner Sasha Velour and other next-level NYC drag performers will throw a launch party for the new photo book DRAGS at the Highline Ballroom.
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The photography book “DRAGS” compiles a photos series documenting the drag scene in New York City, shot by fashion photographer Gregory Kramer and featuring queens and kings in the style of classic black and white fashion portraiture.
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