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Title: Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection,
Date (inclusive): 1988-1995
Collection Identifier: GLC 42
Creator:
Gerharter, Rick
Physical Description:
2 oversized boxes
(26 images, silver gelatin prints, 11 x 14", matted size 16 x 20")
Contributing Institution:
James C. Hormel LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA, 94102
(415) 557-4400
info@sfpl.org
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.
Physical Location: The collection is stored onsite.
Language of Materials: Collection materials are in
English.
Access
The collection is available for viewing during Photo Desk hours: Tuesday: 1-5; Thursday: 1-5; Saturday: 10-12, 1-5.
Publication Rights
Copyright retained by Rick Gerharter.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection (GLC 42), LGBTQIA Center, San Francisco Public Library.
Provenance
Donated by the Friends and Foundation of the San Francisco Public Library, 2000.
Biographical note
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.
Scope and Contents
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.
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Gerharter, Rick--Archives
Gay men--California--San Francisco--Portraits
Gays--California--San Francisco--Social life and customs--20th century--Photograph collections
Lesbians--California--San Francisco--Portraits
San Francisco (Calif.)--Social life and customs--20th century--Photograph collections
Transgender people--California--San Francisco--Portraits.