Brady Pappas is a trans non-binary artist and photographer based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They use the camera as a tool to explore queer identity, community, and visibility in small-town and rural contexts, with a particular focus on South Central Pennsylvania.
Pappas is best known for Tulle Queer, an ongoing portrait series and annual Pride Month exhibition that began in 2022. Combining elements of fashion and portrait photography, the project honors the lives and legacies of LGBTQ+ individuals across the 717 region. Using tulle fabric as a recurring visual motif, the portraits offer a vibrant meditation on chosen family, representation, and queer resilience.
Pappas’ work has exhibited across South Central Pennsylvania and has garnered a growing following across social media. Since 2022, Pappas has worked as the resident photographer and digital producer for High Fever, one of the region’s only LGBTQ+ nightlife spaces. Documenting the underground queer scene in bars, drag shows, and dance parties throughout the Pennsylvania has become a key focus of Pappas’ photography. Together, these bodies of work serve as both archive and celebration, centering queer joy in places often overlooked.
In 2024, Pappas began working on Amish Country Queer, a short documentary now in production as a feature-length film. The film follows Brady as they navigate queer life with their chosen family while documenting the drag community that’s thriving in a region more often associated with tradition than transformation.
Press
Lancaster Online: 'Tulle Queer' Celebrates Local LGBTQ+ Community
Local Wolves Magazine Spring 2024 Fearless Issue
Lancaster Changemakers Collective: In Conversation with Brady Pappas
Fox 43: Tulle Queer Photo Exhibition Celebrate LGBTQ+ Community
Fox 43: 'Amish Country Queer' finds LGBTQ+ community in unexpected places
For inquiries, contact brady@bradypappas.photography
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“In front of their lens, everyone is a muse, everyone feels empowered, everyone feels like themselves...”
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★ Resident Photographer & Digital Producer for High Fever in Lancaster, PA since 2022.
★ Created Instagram filters “Disposable” and “Good Days,” which collectively garnered 2.3M saves and 203M impressions.
★ Honored with the Rising Star Award by the Central PA LGBT Center in October 2022.
★ Recognized as a "History Maker" in the York County History Center since July 2024.
★ Manager of dapperQ's social media for NYFW at the Brooklyn Museum since September 2024.
★ Exhibited Tulle Queer at 7 galleries across South Central Pennsylvania since its debut in June 2022.
★ Presenter at the LGBT Center of Central PA’s 2024 GSA Summit for queer youth.
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“Brady’s work helps us realize how art can forge powerful connections with our hometowns and the people around us.”
A documentary that challenges expectations and tells the story of queer joy in small-town America.
★ Best Documentary at Jim Thorpe Independent Film Festival
★ Best Documentary at Appalachian Queer Film Festival
★ Showing at the Red Rose Film Festival November 7th and 8th
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