From Matthew Rettenmund’s review of the exhibition “NYC, c. 1985” in Boy Culture:
I’d already posted some terrific photos by Les Simpson (better known as drag queen Linda Simpson) from the ’80s, but now that I’ve stopped by to see it with my own eyes, I wanted to post how much fun the whole group show is.
The nostalgia-free “NYC, c. 1985,” featuring work by an impressive list of photographers including Larry Clark, Nan Goldin, Gail Thacker, Catherine McGann—is too focused on the edges around beauty to be about “ohmigosh, remember that hair?”