Life's not such a drag afterall

10/11/2016

In October, I got the chance to go back stage and shoot some photos and interview some local drag performers for KTOO.

Behind the curtain at an Alaska drag show (KTOO, 10.8.16)

At the Rendezvous bar in downtown Juneau, a few people are sipping drinks and early birds are trickling in.
The drag queens and kings aren’t set to take the stage for another hour and a half.
But backstage — a bar store room — it’s cramped.
Makeup palettes, shoes, clothes and mannequin heads with colorful wigs litter the tables.
Five queens and seven kings, each over-the-top representations from either side of the gender spectrum, do their makeup in front of mirrors. ... (Read more)

I hope to get another chance to shoot photos. And look forward to shooting more events in Juneau.

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Tripp J Crouse (Ojibwe, descendent of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) has worked in print journalism and broadcasting for 15-plus years, and currently represents Alaska and serves as 2019 chair of the Station Advisory Committee for Native Public Media, a national organization that offers support services to Tribal and Native public radio stations. Tripp is also a member of the Native American Journalists Association and Alaska Press Club. Prior to working at 90.3 KNBA in Anchorage, Tripp worked at KTOO in Juneau and the Quad-City Times in Davenport, Iowa.

Life's not such a drag afterall

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