I just discovered in the New York Times the photographer Stanley Stellar (At Frieze, Photographer of Gay Life Seeks ‘a Place in the Sunshine’). Born in 1945, he grew up in Brooklyn. In the 70s in the years before AIDS, he photographed the Piers, those abandoned docks in lower Manhattan overlooking the Hudson at the end of Christopher Street. An exhibition titled The Piers was presented at the Kapp Kapp gallery in 2022, accompanied by a now sold-out monograph. At 79, he looks nimble and friendly. Since the first solo exhibition of the Kapp brothers in 2019, his photographs have been selling at better prices, and he has, for the first time in his life, achieved a certain financial ease. Oh yes, he is gay. Not queer: “I don’t like how gay has been marginalized and dismissed,” he said. “At this point in my life, I’m not going to go, Oh yeah, I’ve always been a queer artist. No.”
Je découvre dans le New York Times le photographe Stanley Stellar (At Frieze, Photographer of Gay Life Seeks ‘a Place in the Sunshine’). Né en 1945 il a grandi à Brooklyn. Dans les années 70s, les années d’avant le sida, il a photographié les Piers, ces quais, abandonnés, à la pointe de Manhattan donnant sur l’Hudson au bout de Christopher Street. Une expo intitulée The Piers avait été présentée à la galerie Kapp Kapp en 2022, accompagnée d’une monographie désormais épuisée. À 79 ans, il a un air fringant et sympathique. Depuis sa première exhibition solo des frères Kapp en 2019 ses photographies se vendent à de meilleurs prix et il a acquis, pour la première fois dans sa vie, une certaine aisance financière. Ah, oui, il est gay. Pas queer : “I don’t like how gay has been marginalized and dismissed,” he said. “At this point in my life, I’m not going to go, Oh yeah, I’ve always been a queer artist. No.”
Gabriel François