Amos Badertscher Images and Stories

‘[In] front of an unflinching lens… Badertscher’s uncensored narrative on LGBTQ+ history unfolds, the psyche and spirit of a queer population endures lust, loss, and every lascivious lark in between.’ – V Magazine

‘[A] long-overdue… monograph containing a treasure trove of Badertscher’s intimate photos and recollections from the late 1950s through early 2000s’ – BmoreArt

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.