Amos Badertscher : images and stories /

"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...

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Other Authors:	Badertscher, Amos (Photographer), O'Hanian, Hunter (Editor), Katz, Jonathan David (Editor), Saunders, Beth (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Monacelli, 2025.
Subjects:	Badertscher, Amos. Photography of men. Homosexuality and art. Sex workers in art. Sex > Social aspects > United States > History. Photography, Artistic. Photographie artistique. Homosexualité et art. Sexualité > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire. art photography. Queer art.

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Summary:	"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"
Physical Description:	334 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
ISBN:	9781580936477 1580936474