Click Click: The Cult of Gaga

Fans of enigmatic performer Lady Gaga descended on Gallery Place yesterday evening to attend her sold-out show at the Verizon Center. As expected, many in attendance paid tribute to the singer's iconic fashion sense with home-made, Gaga-esque outfits...or at least hair and make-up. The crowd was surprisingly subdued, comprised of more female than male fans, with a noticeable contingent of mom/daughter pairings -- and a few mom/daughter/son combinations.

Smiling portraits are fine and dandy, but I have to confess to using one of the cheesier lines I've ever come up with to try and add variety to the facial expressions of some of my subjects: "Let's try one without smiling -- give me your best poker face..."

Thank you. I'll be here all week.