Release year: 1992

Binding: Softcover

Pages: 100 pages

Size: 11.8 x 9.6 x 0.5 in (30 x 24.5 x 1.5 cm)

Publisher: Bruno Gmunder Verlag

Condition: Very good(Vintage). Minor damage on the edges, as shown in the product photos

Stellar Men is an important record of queer life on Manhattan’s West Side. From the Hudson River piers to Christopher Street and Chelsea, Stanley Stellar captured moments of freedom, desire, friendship, and community.

Since the years after the 1969 Stonewall uprising, Stellar has photographed gay life in New York City through times of joy and sexual awakening in the 1970s, through the heartbreak of the AIDS crisis, and into the ongoing fight for visibility and equality.

His images feel personal and direct. As he once said, there was almost no meaningful imagery of their world at the time, so he felt the need to document it — for himself and for his community.

Both playful and intimate, Stellar Men stands as a powerful piece of queer history and a book you can return to again and again.