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]

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

  • The Beauty of All Men, Photographs 1976–2011. All Saints, 2011. ISBN 9783900361044.
  • Into the Light: Photographs of the NYC Gay Pride Day from the 70s Till Today. Bruno Gmuender, 2018. ISBN 978-3959852753.

Collections

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

Films

  • Stanley Stellar: Here For This Reason (2019) – Short Stories (HuffPost and RYOT Films); short film written and directed by Eric Leven[6]

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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