I worked as a bartender during my college years on the cabaret floor of one of the premier gay clubs in the south, Club One Jefferson. I started there one night a week as a “guest” bartender on their Thursday/College Nights. After some time I was invited to work there full-time on the third cabaret floor, “The Showbar”, a coveted station. Around this time I took my first Photography class and began photographing these amazing people.

Many times throughout the years I felt a little like Alice in the Looking Glass. Everything seemed as one would expect…but when you looked a little closer…things were just a little bit different. This body of work is a retrospective of six years of working with this unique, courageous and beautiful group of girls and entertainers. I was welcomed into their world without question and many times felt that I had been adopted by a wondrously dysfunctional family. I learned a lot about their lives and lifestyle as well as some killer make-up tips and in turn I like to think I taught them a few things as well.

I consider myself so privileged to have been allowed inside their world.