Robin and Leland Bobbé

Robin and I attended the portfolio reviews at FotoFest in Houston earlier this year showing the Neo-Burlesque project to gallerists, publishers, museum directors etc. We got great feedback from the reviewers and were spotted by CultureMap who interviewed us for their local news and culture website.

“In 2010, Bobbé will publish a compilation of the photographs accompanied by poignant quotations…’FotoFest represents the debut of this exciting volume,’ boasts Robin.
Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani attempted to rid Manhattan of all signs of off color nightlife, but burlesque is back. Dottie Lux (right) is one of several New York-based performers that Leland Bobbé has photographed and interviewed for his neo-burlesque project. In the past, documentation of burlesque performers has been limited to campy pin-up photography and behind-the-scenes images, but Bobbé saw a gap in the production of serious studio portraits. Shown here with his wife and artistic partner, Robin, Bobbé aims to empower the burlesque performer. Modern, bold, colorful, provocative, risqué, sexy, sultry, sinful, seductive, in your face – this is not your mother’s burlesque.” – Steven Thomson, CultureMap