{"id":48485,"date":"2009-05-09T21:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-05-10T01:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=48485"},"modified":"2021-03-16T21:33:31","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T01:33:31","slug":"marco-ovando-the-dolls-photography-book-feat-violet-chachki-aquaria-jaida-essence-hall-yvie-oddly-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/?p=48485","title":{"rendered":"Marco Ovando: &#8220;The Dolls&#8221; Photography Book feat. Violet Chachki, Aquaria, Jaida Essence Hall, Yvie Oddly &#038; More!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-dolls-1-560x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-dolls-1-560x574.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-dolls-1-768x787.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/the-dolls-1.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fashion photographer <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/marco_ovando\/\">Marco Ovando <\/a><\/strong>is excited to announce the release of his first photography book,&nbsp;\u200b<strong>The Dolls<\/strong>,\u200b&nbsp;featuring icons of the hit award-winning program,&nbsp;<strong>\u200bRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race<\/strong>.\u200b&nbsp;Ovando has worked extensively with many of the drag queens in the wildly-popular international \u201cWerq the World Tour\u201d, and most recently due to Covid-19, the \u201cDrive N\u2019 Drag Tour\u201d, where the talent is referred to as \u201cthe queens\u201d by staff and crew but the girls, themselves, use a different moniker&#8211; \u201cthe dolls.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his career of fashion photography spanning more than 25 years, Ovando has always been at the forefront of capturing the glamour of the drag world, including from the very first season of&nbsp;\u200bRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race\u200b, now 13 years ago.&nbsp;\u200bThe Dolls\u200b&nbsp;is a collaboration between Brandon Voss of Voss Events (producer of \u201cWerq the World\u201d and \u201cDrive N\u2019 Drag\u201d) to provide a glimpse of this fascinating world of drag and performances through the eye of Ovando\u2019s camera.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3VPOHOxl0ws\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Split into four sections, The Dolls begins with studio and on-set portraits of the top drag queens that Ovando has been capturing for years. Included are winners and fan-favorites of the show: <strong>Aquaria <\/strong>(season 10), <strong>Yvie Oddly<\/strong> (season 11), <strong>Jaida Essence Hall (season 12),<\/strong> and <strong>Violet Chachki <\/strong>(season 7), who also graces the cover of the book. Readers will then see the grandeur of the queens\u2019 performance in the following sections \u201cThe Shows\u201d and \u201cThe BTS\u201d (behind the scenes) where Ovando has shared exclusive photos from the tours and the popular Las Vegas residency, \u201cRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race Live.\u201d Lastly, we see the dolls in their element as both event guests&#8211; at premier events such as the Met Gala&#8211; and the featured entertainment in the final section \u201cThe Parties\u201d with photos from fabulous parties around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From photographer Marco Ovando comes The Dolls\u2014 an intimate look into the lives of the world\u2019s favorite drag superstars with over 200 pages of glamour and exclusive never-before-seen photos.&nbsp;The Dolls\u200b&nbsp;&nbsp;is a must for any&nbsp;\u200bDrag Race&nbsp;\u200bsuperfan and photography enthusiast, providing an intimate window into this world of entertainers that are adored worldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><em>Click <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.vossevents.com\/products\/the-dolls-photography-book\">HERE <\/a><\/strong>to pre-order The Dolls&#8230;ships out late March or early April!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fashion photographer Marco Ovando is excited to announce the release of his first photography book,&nbsp;\u200bThe Dolls,\u200b&nbsp;featuring icons of the hit award-winning program,&nbsp;\u200bRuPaul\u2019s Drag Race.\u200b&nbsp;Ovando has worked extensively with many of the drag queens in the wildly-popular international \u201cWerq the World Tour\u201d, and most recently due to Covid-19, the \u201cDrive N\u2019 Drag Tour\u201d, where the talent [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[6672,1621,8497,250,3387,8677,4414,8291],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48485"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48485"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48492,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48485\/revisions\/48492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zeitgeistworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}