Rick Gerharter papers
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2023
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Title: Rick Gerharter papers
Dates: 1980-2006
Collection Number: 2008-19
Creator/Collector:
Gerharter, Rick
Extent: 2.25 linear feet (1 oversized box and 1 carton)
Repository:
GLBT Historical Society
San Francisco, California 94103
Abstract: Rick Gerharter is a photojournalist and frequent contributer to the Bay Area Reporter. He has also published in Newsweek,
Der Spiegel, Lonely Planet travel guides, and The Economist as well as many books. This collection contains photographs by
Rick Gerharter, as well as T-shirts and other ephemera gathered by Gerharter in the course of his work. Included are photos
from a 1989 Golden Gate Bridge protest by Stop AIDS Now or Else, a group that drew from ACT-UP and Queer Nation; photos from
the GLBTHS’s ‘Sporting Life’ exhibit; and 26 photographs from GLBTHS’s June 14, 2006 exhibit 'Capturing the Moment: The Photojournalism
of Rick Gerharter.'
Language of Material: English
Collection is open or research.
[Identification of item]. Rick Gerharter papers. Collection Number: 2008-19. GLBT Historical Society
Gift of Rick Gerharter in 2006 and 2018.
Scope and Content of Collection
Rick Gerharter is best known for his contributions to the Bay Area Reporter, one of San Francisco's oldest LGBTQ weeklies.
He has also published in Newsweek, Der Spiegel, Lonely Planet travel guides, and The Economist as well as many books. This
collection contains photographs by Rick Gerharter. Included are photos of Stop AIDS Now or Else, a group that drew from ACT-UP
and Queer Nation, blocking the Golden Gate Bridge in 1989, photos from the GLBTHS’s ‘Sporting Life’ exhibit and 26 photographs
from GLBTHS’s exhibit 'Capturing the Moment: The Photojournalism of Rick Gerharter.' There are also color contact sheets.
The 'Capturing the Moment’ exhibit was held at the GLBTHS on June 14, 2006. This exhibit highlights LGBT life in the San Francisco
Bay Area since the late 1980’s and the images emphasize the uniqueness of individuals, events, and spaces through use of vivid
color and attention to personality and the power of place. GSSO linked terms: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008194;
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_008529; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_000521; http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GSSO_003411
Photography
AIDS (disease)
Journalism
LGBTQ
Pride parades
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Photographs