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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries, University of Southern California
Title: David Greene photographs and papers
creator:
Greene, David
Identifier/Call Number: Coll2013-011
Physical Description:
2.3 Linear Feet
2 flat archive boxes
Date (inclusive): 1974-1983
Abstract: The collection primarily comprises 34 8x10 and 11x14 black-and-white photographic prints taken by photographer David Greene,
1974-1983, some used for his exhibit show titled
Shameless and others later published in his 2011 book
Shameless. The subjects are "shameless" in living as gay men or transgender women embracing an openly queer or genderfuck identity.
Container: 1-2
[Box/folder #, or item name] David Greene Photographs and Papers, Coll2013-011, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
Collection processed by Michael C. Oliveira, 2013. Accrual processed by Kyle Morgan, 2015.
The collection is open to researchers. There are no access restrictions.
David Greene attended the University of Michigan, where he wrote and directed a feature length film,
Pamela and Ian (1971), concerning a bisexual love triangle. After graduating, he relocated to San Francisco and founded the Gay Artist and
Writers Kollective (GAWK). He went on to photograph men and women who challenged gender stereotypes. Fifty of his photographs
were exhibited in a show titled
Shameless. For the exhibit, Greene photographed mostly friends in their own homes between February and August 1974. The subjects are
"shameless" in living as gay men embracing a genderfuck identity. The show opened in Berkeley, California in 1974 with more
than 200 people attending, most in drag. The exhibition then traveled to San Francisco in 1975 as
Andy's Donuts, Center of the Universe. The exhibition subsequently traveled as
Shameless to New York (1976), Chicago (1978), and Zurich (1979).
Greene photographed a series of images for the book
Men Loving Men published by Gay Sunshine Press (1977). Greene published photographs in
Gay Sunshine Journal in the Spring and Summer 1974 issues. As of 2012, Greene has published four books,
Unmentionables: A Novel (2010),
Shameless (2011),
Photographs (2012), and
Detonate (2012). As of 2013, he lived in Chicago with his spouse, painter James Stephens. (Source: "Bio," Books by David Greene, accessed
August 29, 2013, http://www.davidjgreene.com/.)
Box 85, folder 2,
Men Loving Men, photographs by David Greene 1977, Gay Sunshine records, Coll2011-011, ONE National Gay & Lesbian Archives, USC Libraries,
University of Southern California.
The date and method of acquisition for the nine 8x10 photographic prints from the
Shameless exhibit is unknown.
The 11x14 photographic print of
Tea Time, Three Revolutionaries, San Francisco was a gift of Ian Stulberg.
All other photographs and manuscripts were donated by David Greene on February 27, 2014.
The collection primarily comprises 34 8x10 and 11x14 black-and-white photographic prints taken by photographer David Greene,
1974-1983. The photographs include nine images used in Greene's show titled
Shameless, six images used in Gay Sunshine Press publications, eighteen images published later in his 2011 book
Shameless, and one unattributed image. The collection also includes Harmodius in Exile poetry, a Harmodius in Exile diary, and an article
on the
Shameless exhibit from
Vector magazine, October 1974.
All requests for permission to publish images or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the ONE Archivist.
Permission for publication is given on behalf of ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives at USC Libraries as the owner of the
physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Photographers
Gay men -- Portraits
Greene, David