Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection

Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection

Rick Gerharter is a San Francisco-based free-lance photojournalist. This collection of images was selected by the artist and documents activities in San Francisco's LGBT community from 1988 through mid-1995. Many photos were taken while on assignment for the Bay Area Reporter and capture the intensity and emotion of many facets of queer life, including AIDS activism, celebration, care-giving, sports, and visibility.
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Carol Leigh (Scarlet Harlot), unidentified, Michael Ryan and activists from AIDS Action Pledge protest at Senator Alan Cranston's San Francisco office for his anti-gay Social Security vote
Carol Leigh (Scarlet Harlot), unidentified, Michael Ryan and activists from AIDS Action Pledge protest at Senator Alan Cranston's San Francisco office for his anti-gay Social Security vote
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Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection
Nancy Walker prepares to get chained to others to block the entrance to the old Federal Building at the AIDS/ARC vigil
Nancy Walker prepares to get chained to others to block the entrance to the old Federal Building at the AIDS/ARC vigil
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Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection
Stop AIDS Now or Else blocks the Golden Gate Bridge in an AIDS Protest
Stop AIDS Now or Else blocks the Golden Gate Bridge in an AIDS Protest
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Rick Gerharter Photographs Collection