Greg Bailey's drag photography exhibition during Pride

Greg Bailey will be exhibiting his work documenting the culture at the Helm gallery in Brighton.

It is his first gallery collection of drag portraits and is "a blend of artistic expression and cultural documentation".

Drag queen Hey Baby in the South Downs (Image: Greg Bailey)

One of his favourite portraits, taken of drag queen Raja from RuPaul's Drag Race, will be on show.

Greg said: "This image means so much to me. Raja was the first queen I reached out to from RuPaul's Drag race. We worked together numerous times over the years and became friends, visiting my house in Brighton and me visiting her in West Hollywood, and a couple of nights out in London and LA.

"This image was taken in the historic drag bar The Black Cap in Camden which has now unfortunately closed down. Raja was having a cigarette in the toilets so we decided to do a quick photoshoot.

"Unbeknownst to the general public the pub had actually been put on lockdown due to a potential bomb scare just outside the venue."

Greg's picture of Raja smoking (Image: Greg Bailey)

The exhibition, called Lavender Boy, will run between August 1 and September 1 - just in time for the Brighton Pride weekend which starts on August 2.

On August 8, Greg will invite people to get in front of his camera at the gallery for their own photo shoot and he will appear in front of a live audience on August 14 for an interview about his works.