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Across several decades, self-taught photographer Amos Badertscher (1936–2023) made thousands of photographs of a liminal queer world: young male sex workers (who mostly identified as straight), drag performers and trans pioneers, and Baltimore's inclusive, ribald nightlife. Taken between the 1960s and mid-2000s, these photographs constitute an...
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The long-awaited first career survey from photographer Amos Badertscher, who comprehensively documented a uniquely American queer underworld
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Across several decades, self-taught photographer Amos Badertscher (1936–2023) made thousands of photographs of a liminal queer world: young male sex workers (who mostly identified as straight), drag performers and trans pioneers, and Baltimore's inclusive, ribald nightlife.
Taken between the 1960s and mid-2000s, these photographs constitute an unparalleled chronicle of a culture of the era particular to Badertscher's hometown of Baltimore, but universally identifiable, one which began to fade with the movement of LGBTQ+ rights and liberation.
Amos Badertscher Images and Stories is a profound reflection of a vibrant and complex community, offering insights into lives lived in the margins, yet brimming with humanity and resilience.
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781580936477
Publisher: Monacelli Press
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 21 May 2025
Country: United States
Imprint: Monacelli Press
Illustration: 300 Illustrations
Contributors:
- Contributions by James Smalls
- Edited by Beth Saunders
- Contributions by Rafael Alvarez
- Contributions by Theo Gordon
- Edited by Jonathan D. Katz
- Contributions by Joseph Plaster
- Edited by Hunter O’Hanian
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 250.0mm
Height: 289.0mm
Weight: 1800g
Pages: 334
About the Author
Jonathan David Katz, is professor of History of Art and Gender, Sexuality and Women s Studies at the University of Pennsylvania, curator of The First Homosexuals at Wrightwood 659 Gallery in Chicago, and author of About Face: Stonewall, Revolt, and New Queer Art (Monacelli, 2024).
Beth Saunders is curator and head of Special Collections at the University of Maryland and curator of Lost Boys: Amos Badertscher s Baltimore.Hunter O Hanian is a curator and former executive director of the Stonewall National Museum and Archives and director of Leslie-Lohman Museum of Gay and Lesbian Art in New York.James Smalls is Professor in the Visual Arts Department at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. He is the author of Homosexuality in Art.Joseph Plaster is Curator in Public Humanities and Director of the Winston Tabb Special Collections Research Center at Johns Hopkins University.Rafael Alvarez is an author and screenwriter based in Baltimore and Los Angeles.Theo Gordon is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow at the University of York.More from Science & Nature
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