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LGBT: San Francisco: The Daniel Nicoletta Photographs
Contributor(s): Nicoletta, Daniel (Photographer), Van Sant, Gus (Foreword by), Mobley, Chuck (Introduction by)
ISBN: 1909526398 EAN: 9781909526396
Publisher: Reel Art Press
US SRP: $60.00 US
Binding: Hardcover: 304 pages
Pub Date: June 27, 2017
Annotation: Glittering drag queens, gay politics and alternative theater: Nicoletta was at the heart of the gay mecca that was 1970s San Francisco
Daniel Nicoletta (born 1954) has been a leading chronicler of the LGBT civil rights movement in San Francisco over the last 40 years. This is the first book dedicated to his powerful photographs documenting the journey of the burgeoning lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender mecca that was San Francisco in the 1970s through to the present. Nicoletta is best known for his iconic images of Harvey Milk, one of the world’s first openly gay elected officials, who was assassinated by a homophobic colleague in 1978.
Nicoletta portrayed glittering drag queens, the alternative theater world and the steadfast bravery of same-sex couples trying to live their lives amid often adverse cultural sea changes. Today, Nicoletta continues to document the reverberations of Milk’s legacy.
He serves as a key point person for LGBT civil rights and Milk-related research. In 2014, one of Nicoletta’s photographs was used on a US Harvey Milk Forever stamp.
LGBT: San Francisco is an essential gay history and a stunning photographic work that is not to be missed.
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- Photography | Subjects & Themes | Lifestyles
- Social Science | LGBT Studies | Gay Studies
- Photography | Subjects & Themes | Travel - General