"HALF DRAG" SERIES | LELAND BOBBÉ

NY photographer  Leland Bobbé has snapped an impressive collection of photos that shows the magic of make up and its ability to transform and express. "Half Drag" is a collection of drag performers who have applied their "feminine alter egos" to one side of their face.

"With this series my intention is to capture both the male and the alter-ego female side of these subjects in one image. Through the power of hair and makeup these men are able to completely transform themselves and find their female side while simultaneously showing their male side. These are composed in camera and are not two separate images joined together,"

All images ©  Leland Bobbé

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This project is called B & W TV (Black and White TV), is referring to people living in the suburbs of the metropolitan area of Porto Alegre, capital of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The project consists of scrap through television to give an identity to these people in need of attention in the social environment.
My name is Tadeu Vilani, I have 47 years working in the newspaper Zero Hora in Porto Alegre, I'm 16 years working with photojournalist.

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http://tadeuvilani.blogspot.fr/

B & W TV © Tadeu Vilani

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YOSHIYUKI IWASE / 岩瀬禎之 | PHOTOGRAPHER

Iwase Yoshiyuki, 岩瀬禎之, was born in 1904 in Onjuku, a fishing village on the pacific side of the Chiba peninsula, which encloses Tokyo Bay on the east. After graduating from Meiji University Law School in 1924, he took up lifelong pursuits, heading the family sake distillery and documenting the receding traditions of coastal Japan. In the late 1920′s Yoshiyuki received an early Kodak camera as a gift. Since the main livelihood of the town came from the sea he gravitated there, and soon found a passion for “the simple, even primitive beauty” of ama – girls and women who harvested seaweed, turban shells and abalone from beneath the coastal waters.
This way of life has now completely disappeared but Yoshiyuki’s photographs provide a stunning visual testament to these fascinating women. His total output is of a very hight standard but it is his photographs of the ama divers which are truly iconic.
For more infos about the « ama (diving) women » (海人 海女) :
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thingsasian

Yoshiyuki Iwase / 岩瀬禎之 ‘s site: www.iwase-photo.com

a giddy girl, 1950

Ama Bluff-gazing

Ama Boat Landing

Ama Circle Mural FR

Ama Circle

Ama Divers Sea Gazing

Ama in Capes 1934

Film Taiheyo no Wash

Fish Net Thong

Friends on Train 50s

Iwase Last Ama

Konbu Harvest 45 x 55

Madame in Vintage Car

Modernist Nude B

Mother Child Muscular Backs

Neg 1 Straight

All images © Iwase Yoshiyuki

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