Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection, 1988-1995

View only results with digital items
Printable guide [HTML]

Online content

Online items available

Summary

Creators:
Gerharter, Rick
Abstract:
Rick Gerharter is a San Francisco-based free-lance photojournalist. This collection of images was selected by the artist and documents activities in San Francisco's LGBT community from 1988 through mid-1995. Many photos were taken while on assignment for the Bay Area Reporter and capture the intensity and emotion of many facets of queer life, including AIDS activism, celebration, care-giving, sports, and visibility.
Extent:
2 oversized boxes (26 images, silver gelatin prints, 11 x 14", matted size 16 x 20")
Language:
Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection (GLC 42), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection of black and white images was selected by the artist and documents activities in San Francisco's LGBT community from 1988 through mid-1995. Many were taken while on assignment for the Bay Area Reporter and capture the intensity and emotion of many facets of queer life, including AIDS activism, celebration, care-giving, sports, and visibility.

Biographical / historical:

Rick Gerharter is a San Francisco-based freelance photojournalist who has been documenting the LGBT communities since 1987. His work has appeared in numerous international and national publications, most regularly in the weekly newspaper, the Bay Area Reporter. His work is featured in the books: Out in the Castro: desire, promise, activism; Witness the Love: stories from the heart of the AIDS epidemic; Gay by the Bay; and Out in America: a portrait of gay and lesbian life. His work also appears in numerous other books, videos and publications.

Acquisition information:
Donated by the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library, 2000.
Arrangement:

Arranged chronologically.

Physical location:
The collection is stored onsite.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

The collection is available for viewing during Photo Desk hours: Tuesday: 1-5; Thursday: 1-5; Saturday: 10-12, 1-5.

Terms of access:

Copyright retained by Rick Gerharter.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection (GLC 42), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.

Location of this collection:
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102, US
Contact:
(415) 557-4567
sfhistory@sfpl.org
Website