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] Stanley Stellar is represented by Kapp Kapp, New York. [5]
Stellar was born in New York City, growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s. [6] 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]
Stellar's work is held in the following permanent collections:
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