Just when we thought that we had become jaded New Yorkers and seen all the city had to offer, it threw us a giant bedazzled curve ball in the form of The Miss G Train Pageant. Held at the City Reliquary Museum in Brooklyn, the first-annual beauty pageant pays homage to one of the most temperamental subway lines in New York City. Running through the boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn, the G train is infamous for its countless delays, sketchy platforms and its ability to attract, ahem, colorful characters.
Commercial photographer Susan Anderson crosses over to a fine-art career with her striking portraits from child beauty pageants.
Shooting “tarted-up tots” with elaborate couture costumes, hair, and make up, Anderson explores the “high glitz” realm of child pageantry. Through her photos, she captures the reality-show dreams of the American families that invest endless hours and money in their quest for top honors on the surreal side of pop culture. Read More »
