"Drag Queens: Street Theater of the 80's"

Starting in 1983, Kit Kittle, a travel photojournalist and native New Yorker, photographed the drag queen community in the West Village. The get-ups and gags happening on the sidewalk became its own unique brand of street theatre. This was an era of excitement, drama and hilarity that was so full of life. The book these photographs were shot for was put aside as the onslaught of AIDS hit the community. History has cast a long shadow over the eighties, but the drag queens look as fabulous as ever.