Top Image: Stanley Stellar, “Chad and Bruce No. 2”, 1995, Edition of 5, Gelatin Silver Print, 50.8 x 40.6 cm, Private Collection
Bottom Image: Stanley Stellar, “Concentration”, 1992, Edition of 25, Gelatin Silver Print, 50.8 x 40.6 cm, Private Collection
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1945, Stanley Stellar is an American photographer whose five decades of work captured the beauty and vitality of the LBGTQ community of New York City. His work followed its life through the 1969 Stonewall Riots, the first Gay Pride Parades and evolving Gay Liberation Movement, as well as the realities of the HIV/AIDs epidemic. As a participant and a documenter, Stellar produced works that have become historic and cultural references for both the young and old.
More images and an extenxive biography can be found at this site’s October 2023 article on Sanley Stellar.