Scott Ewalt

Scott Ewalt moved New York City after graduating from Princeton to work as an artist. He quickly became fascinated by the night life. The night inspired the digital artwork of the day and he has exhibited his art in galleries consistently his work is in dozens of art books. He immersed himself in a number of subcultures—one of them being the infant neo-burlesque movement. This led him to researching music for burlesque stars of the mid-century. He was inspired by them being mavericks of feminism. Some of them include Kitten Natividad, Tempest Storm, and Liz Renay. Ewalt met Liz Renay in 1995 and they became close friends until her passing in 2007 at eighty. She left him her photos, negatives, scrap books and ephemera. He decided create the first visual history of one of the most fascinating women ever.