Question: How did you break into the industry, per se?Īnswer: I don’t remember exactly how I first heard about Amanda Lepore, but I knew about her before ever going to the city. Maybe the gay community is more accepting of these things because of people like Adele or Beth Ditto of the Gossip (whom I was repeatedly mistaken for at least a dozen times a night when I first started doing nightlife) or other big boned celebrities, or maybe its because the LGBT community knows what its like to be ostracized, so therefore they celebrate others while celebrating their sexuality, or maybe it's just New York? Now, had I done so in the town of New Jersey in which I grew up in, I would have been chased out with pitchforks and torches or verbally harassed over social networking sites, but because I’m involved in New York nightlife, it is some how acceptable, even to those in my conservative rural neighborhood. Only in (NYC) nightlife is it completely acceptable to walk around in little-to-no clothing and one would be considered not only normal, but applauded for their daring “fashion” choices. It was in this nightlife culture of downtown NYC that I learned to celebrate my body, instead of being ashamed of it for being a larger, more full-figured female. There was this sort of sub-culture that emerged out of the dark of club-kids, punk rockers, and drag queens that had its own norms, separate from normal society. At this time, I started seeing New York in a totally different light. In high school, I used to drive to the city with my dad on weekends to photographs bands at CBGB’s, cause I was really into punk rock at the time and I remember being absolutely enamored with the city, seeing the skyline when approaching the tunnel to this day still gives me butterflies in my stomach. Question: Why New York City? What makes it so special?Īnswer: As long as I could remember I’ve had this affinity towards New York City.
I knew from an early age that I was not meant to work a 9-to-5 job, and whether that meant being an artist or a rock star, the one place you would never see me in was a cubicle - not that there’s anything wrong with that, but its just not for me… I’ve always felt like I was a city girl that I was a sort of “big fish in a small pond” so to speak. I had a lot of acquaintances, a lot of people knew who I was, although there wasn’t anyone I was particularly close with. Question: How did you get involved with photography?Īnswer: When I was in High School, I was very outspoken, and have always had a tremendous love for the arts music, fine arts, makeup, fashion, photography, etc. Also, Malik So Chic’s party at The Box is great too, it’s a smaller venue, but it has great atmosphere and insane performances by Rosewood or Narcissister (who was on America’s Got Talent).” One of my favorite parties is the SPANK party in Williamsburg, Brooklyn - because it’s probably the closest thing to the Factory parties Andy Warhol used to throw -A mix of music and visual art, performances, singers, videos, etc…This party is thrown by DJ Will Automagic. Just a sample of the wild world Schnoover is witness to: “Kost’s book launch party was even in Italian Vogue. He pays homage to Warhol by using a Polaroid camera to do his shots, much like Warhol did in his “photo diary.” Jeremy Kost is brilliant and an absolute genius. “I also really love Marco Ovando, he’s never taken a bad photo of me, he does a lot of music videos as well. He’s shot a lot of celebrities, including Amanda Lepore, Kathy Griffin, RuPaul, etc,” she said of the people she shares her profession with. “There are some really truly amazing photographers in NYC, Mike Ruiz is phenomenal.
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