Alan B. Stone: Senses of Place

Twenty years ago on a visit to his hometown, David Deitcher saw an exhibition of photographs by local Montreal photographer Alan B. Stone. Stone was best known as a purveyor of beefcake magazines. It took courage for him to operate such a publishing enterprise during Quebec’s repressive post-war years. Working throughout “les années noirs,” at risk of arrest by the Montreal Morality Squad, Stone’s work epitomizes the resourcefulness of one discretely gay photographer in pre-Stonewall North America.

Stone’s Throw

This multi-layered text describes the social, political and personal context that framed the emergence of one of the most critically acclaimed artists of the late-20th century, Felix Gonzalez-Torres.

Dear Friends: American Photographs of Men Together, 1840–1918

Dear Friends is the first book to demonstrate how common it was for 19th-century American men to commemorate intimate friendships with a visit to the local photographer.

The Question of Equality: Lesbian and Gay Politics in America Since Stonewall

The Question of Equality investigates the central challenges that confront the lesbian and gay civil rights movement in the United States.