by Steven Peice

Drag Divas – Self-expression – Movies

riginally from Mongolia, 22 year-old photographer and creative director, Steven Peice got his first camera when he was 18. Unable to afford college fees here as a non-Irish citizen, he chose to teach himself, and since then he’s gone from strength to strength. More recently Steven has been taking photographs of queer subjects, a big move for him, he says, given the attitude to LGBT+ people in his country of birth. His series, The Dreamers, portrays the queer power of transformation that drag queens embody.

“I feel that in a way drag has always been seen as a goofy entertainment, and there’s no real focus on how these men are actually transforming themselves into fully realised fantasies. With every single queen shot for this series, I chose them because was fascinated by how they could turn into somebody else, and have this beauty and elegance. Of course, love the glitter and glamour too.