How EW shot a digital cover with 10 drag queens — while in quarantine
, a production company founded by photographer Robin Roemer and director Carly Usdin. Roemer and Usdin are also married — and they actually first met while both working at Logo TV, where among other projects Usdin worked on promos for early seasons of.
That was the hard part. The rest? Not so much. "One of the reasons this cover worked as a remote shoot is that drag queens are uniquely positioned in the world of entertainment to be people who can do their own hair, makeup, wardrobe — because they've had to do it for such a long time," Usdin says.
One additional note: these shoots were done over the course of a week in early May. In honor of the vital role that drag queens and trans women had in fighting back against police oppression at Stonewall in 1969 — the original angry spark for Pride celebrations — and in support of the
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