Photographer Jeremy Kost

Jeremy Kost is a tireless chronicler of gender, sexuality, and nightlife, and a pioneer of the Polaroid. Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, he now lives and works in New York City, though he regularly travels the world to capture his images, whether they’re of toned male models in the California desert or vibrant drag queens strutting through Pittsburgh.
This year, Kost’s work will be on view at the Andy Warhol Museum, Conner Contemporary Art in Washington, D.C., and Galerie Nuke in Paris. powerHouse books recently released his first monograph, It’s Always Darkest Before Dawn, featuring salacious and intense portraits and Kost’s elaborate, perspective-bending collages; a limited edition was produced in collaboration with BookMarc.
It’s not hyperbole to suggest that Kost could be a natural heir to Warhol, snapping Polaroids of a thriving subculture of freaks, rebels, trannies, and costumed divas. The artist’s social circle—icons like Amanda Lepore and Ladyfag—are his natural subjects. For Jeremy Kost, everyday life assumes the quality of a flamboyant fairytale. His images are alternately verite and constructed, gritty nightlife realism or staged and choreographed fantasies. And Kost has been pushing the envelope, experimenting with ever more ambitious projects. (by Scott Indrisek)

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