Collected Item: “The Drag King”
Your Name
Jules Diaz Petta
Your Pronouns
she/they
Instagram handle, if any
julesdp27
Work Title
The Drag King
Work Year (We are not accepting images older than 5 years)
2025
[Image Rights] Do you confirm that you hold the rights to this image?
Yes
[Eligibility] The Curve Photo Contest proudly centers and uplifts people who identify as lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer women and nonbinary people. Please share how you self-identify, using language that feels most accurate to you. Feel free to include all intersections of your identity. (Examples: lesbian, trans person of color, Latinx queer woman, radical faery, butch, etc.)
Lesbian, Latina
[Artist Statement] Tell us more about your photo by sharing a brief artist statement OR answering this prompt: "This is what being ______ means to me..." (Max. 100 words)
The Drag King is a project in which I explore the visibility and value of drag king performance. Working in analog photography, I explore why masculinity in drag is often overlooked or dismissed compared to femininity, even within queer spaces. Through intimate portraiture, the project reflects my ongoing interest in identity, power, and representation, and questions how gender is performed, ranked, and understood.
[Visual Description] Describe your photo so we can provide alt-text. Example: "Two women holding hands and smiling as they walk in a pride parade, surrounded by rainbow flags."
A person posing confidently in a studio against a gray backdrop, wearing a pink-and-white drag ensemble with flared pants, a structured corset, and harness details. They hold a pink cowboy hat trimmed with feathers, with one arm raised above their head. The styling blends softness and strength, playing with masculinity and femininity through color, texture, and silhouette.
[Agreement] In the event that you win the 2026 Curve Photo Contest, do you consent to having your photograph printed for the sole purpose of displaying at The Curve Foundation's one-day event at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA) during Lesbian Visibility Week? The Curve Foundation will cover printing costs, but will not cover costs for mailing the print after the event ends.
Yes
[Agreement] Do you consent to The Curve Foundation storing, sharing, and using this image and its description as we deem appropriate, including disseminating on our social media, website, and Curve Archive and Curve Quarterly?
Yes
[Agreement] By checking 'I understand' below, I acknowledge that this contest upholds values of diversity, equity, and inclusion, and I confirm that my submission does not contain anti-LGBTQ+ or other discriminatory, hateful, or exclusionary content.
I understand