Stanley Stellar

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Stanley Stellar (born 1945) [1] is an American photographer, living in Manhattan, who has photographed gay men in the West Village there since 1976. [2] [3] His work is included in the collection of Harvard Art Museums, [4] as well as in the Artifacts at the End of a Decade portfolio, a copy of which is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. [1]

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Life and work

Stellar was born in New York City, growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s. [5] He studied graphic design and photography at Parsons School of Design in New York City [2] then began working as art director at Art Direction, an advertising agency. [3]

In 1976, Stellar purchased a professional camera and began photographing the gay scene on the streets of Manhattan's West Village including Christopher Street, and on the Christopher Street Pier where men cruised for sex. [3]

Publications

Books of work by Stellar

Collections

Stellar's work is held in the following permanent collections:

Films

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Stanley Stellar - MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  2. 1 2 "Bio". stellarnyc.com. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  3. 1 2 3 Rosen, Miss. "Cruising at Christopher Street Pier: New York's fabled sex playground of the 70s". I-D . Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  4. 1 2 "Harvard Art Museums". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  5. 1 2 "Photos of the free, fun spirit of LGBTQ+ New York in the 1970s". Dazed. 26 July 2021. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
  6. ↑ "How One Man's 'Innocent Picture Snapping' Became A Massive Archive Of Gay Life In New York". HuffPost. 19 June 2019. Retrieved 2022-09-05.
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