Two men are captured mid-dance at a drag ball in New York City, their movements frozen in a moment of uninhibited celebration and self-expression. Arbus's unflinching eye draws the viewer into a subculture that existed largely on the margins of 1960s American society, treating her subjects with a disarming intimacy and directness. The gelatin silver print, later printed by Neil Selkirk, renders the scene in the high-contrast tones characteristic of Arbus's work, lending the image a raw, documentary immediacy.