This photograph reflects Arbus’s interest in gender and identity. Arbus often photographed transvestites and transsexuals, but instead of photographing the men fully dressed and made-up, while on stage performing or socialising, she preferred to photograph in more domestic settings, creating intimate portraits such as this picture or her portrait 'Two Female Impersonators Backstage' (1961); this photograph emphasises the ambiguity of her subject’s gender: his strong, masculine jawline, large hands and the pitted skin on his cheeks contrast with his groomed, arched eyebrows, curlers and long fingernails, all captured in impressive detail through Arbus’s lens.