A play on gender roles, the model Annika poses in male drag for this photograph. Asserting herself in this persona, she stares directly at the camera with a sort of challenging stare. Masculinity and femininity exude from Annika as the shadows play on her sharp and soft features. About the Artist Perry Gallagher is an acknowledged master of available light photography, shunning studio lighting as his absolute last creative resort. His results are documented in a broad body of photographic work characterized by uncommon clarity and unexpected intimacy.

Widely recognized for his fine art nudes and erotic imagery, Mr. Gallagher’s photography has enjoyed strong demand and critical acclaim in galleries and exhibitions around the world. His images regularly appear in fine art books, fetish literature, and magazines here in the U.S. and abroad. In a recent gallery show commissioned by the royal family of Monaco to showcase the best photographers of women for the past 100 years, Perry gained well-deserved recognition as an emerging master of the genre. more »