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Latest revision as of 14:55, 23 November 2025
American photographer
Stanley Stellar (born 1945)[1] is an American photographer, living in Manhattan, who has photographed gay men in the West Village there since 1976.[2][3] His work is included in the collection of Harvard Art Museums,[4] as well as in the Artifacts at the End of a Decade portfolio, a copy of which is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.[1]
Stellar was born in New York City, growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s.[5] He studied graphic design and photography at Parsons School of Design in New York City[2] then began working as art director at Art Direction, an advertising agency.[3]
In 1976, Stellar purchased a professional camera and began photographing the gay scene on the streets of Manhattan’s West Village including Christopher Street, and on the Christopher Street Pier where men cruised for sex.[3]
Books of work by Stellar
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- The Beauty of All Men, Photographs 1976–2011. All Saints, 2011. ISBN 9783900361044.
- Into the Light: Photographs of the NYC Gay Pride Day from the 70s Till Today. Bruno Gmuender, 2018. ISBNÂ 978-3959852753.
Stellar’s work is held in the following permanent collections:
- Stanley Stellar: Here For This Reason (2019) – Short Stories (HuffPost and RYOT Films); short film written and directed by Eric Leven[6]
