Stanley Stellar

Stanley Stellar (born 1945) is an American photographer, living in Manhattan, who has photographed gay men in the West Village there since 1976. His work is included in the collection of Harvard Art Museums, 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.

Life and work

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

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.

Publications

Books of work by Stellar

Collections

Stellar's work is held in the following permanent collections: Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1 print (as of 5 September 2022), Museum of Modern Art, New York: 1 photograph, part of Artifacts at the End of a Decade (as of 5 September 2022), Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo; The Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums, Boston; The Yale University Art Gallery.

Exhibitions

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. ↑ "STANLEY STELLAR: A Photographer". leslielohman.org. Retrieved 2026-08-30.
  7. ↑ "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.