Chloe Sherman

A black hardcover book titled Renegades: San Francisco: The 1990s by Chloe Sherman, set against a white background. The cover features a photograph of a person with short dark hair looking up from the driver's seat of a car with a dark green interior. The title is in large, bright green letters.

A top-down photo of the back of a solid black hardcover book, set against a white background. In the bottom-left corner, there is a small white sticker with a barcode, ISBN number, and a website address.

An open book displays two color photographs. The photo on the left, from 1998, is a portrait of a blonde woman in a fur collar holding a cigarette in front of a large painting of the Queen of Spades. The photo on the right, from 1996, shows a person relaxing at a cluttered desk with a vintage Macintosh computer.

A full-page color photograph in an open book showing a woman with dark hair and red lipstick wearing a shiny red satin robe. She is lying in bed, looking up while talking on a green landline phone and holding a cigarette. A leaf-shaped ashtray rests on her lap, and her bedside table is cluttered.

An open photobook displays two color photographs on facing pages. On the left, a woman in large, round orange sunglasses stands in a doorway covered in posters. On the right, a group of young people hang out on and in a white car on a city street.

An open book displays two color photographs from the late 1990s. On the left, a smiling woman with red hair and a person in a dark suit share cocktails in a restaurant booth. On the right, a person with glasses and dark hair leans on a bar, looking at the camera with a martini in front of them.

An open book with a black cover displays two color photographs from the late 1990s. The photo on the left shows a bartender with tattoos and a cowboy hat serving drinks. The photo on the right shows two young women laughing and smiling while seated at a table in a dimly lit restaurant.

A two-page spread of a book's foreword written by Anna Joy Springer. The title and author's name are in a large sans-serif font at the top left, followed by the body of the text which is set in three columns in a serif font against a plain white background.

A young woman with dark curly hair and tattoos sits on her bed in a cluttered room, wearing a black satin slip with lace trim. She looks down towards a tabby cat that is partially hidden by the leopard print and floral patterned blankets and is looking at the camera. The wall behind her is decorated with photos and personal items.

A person with short dark hair sits in the driver's seat of a heavily cluttered van, looking directly at the camera with a slight smile. They are wearing a green jacket with yellow stripes over a red collared shirt and red pants. The van's interior is packed to the ceiling with personal belongings, tools, and various items, filling the passenger seat, dashboard, and the space behind them.

A diptych of two color photographs from 1997. The image on the left, titled Sidewalk Music, shows three young people busking on a sidewalk with a guitar and an accordion. The image on the right, titled Before the Gig, shows two women with punk hairstyles sitting at a table in a dimly lit club.

A color photo from 1998 titled Amita and Sunny. A woman with short blonde and purple hair in a black dress smokes a cigarette with her eyes closed while sitting on a red couch. A person next to her with short dark hair, glasses, and a red tie has their arm around her and looks directly at the camera. The room has teal walls and is filled with empty champagne coupe glasses on tables around them.

A high-angle, sunlit photograph of several people having a picnic in a field of long green grass. In the foreground, a woman in a green dress lies on her back with her eyes closed. Behind her, another person with short hair sits up on a red and white checkered blanket, looking at the camera. A small, dark dog sits near the blanket next to picnic supplies. The top of a third person's head is visible at the bottom of the frame.

A black and white diptych. On the left, a person in a large, curly blonde wig and makeup smiles while looking out the window of a white limousine. On the right, a young boy in a shiny suit leans over a pool table, aiming a cue stick to take a shot.

A diptych of two color photographs from 1997. On the left, a woman with tattooed arms and her hair in a bun wears a dark, patterned top and speaks on a cordless phone. On the right, a person with tattoos on their arms sleeps in a bed with a dark headboard in a room with bright pink walls.

An interior, full-length color photograph of a person with short, dark, curly hair sitting in a relaxed posture on a green wooden chair. They wear a white tank top, light shorts, and a dark belt, and they look directly at the camera. The room is rustic and lit by natural light from a window in the background.

A film photograph taken from inside a vintage car, showing a Black person in the passenger seat looking back over their shoulder. Their large afro is blown sideways by the wind. They have tattoos on their arm and wear a thick, coiled silver bracelet. The bright landscape outside is visible through the open windows.

A black and white photograph, titled Kindred Spirits, 1994, is set against a white background. It shows two people with shaved heads, each wearing a yarmulke, in a close and tender embrace. They are face-to-face, foreheads and noses nearly touching. One person's hand rests gently on the back of the other's head. Both are wearing dark jackets over white collared shirts.

A black and white diptych. The photo on the left, from 1966, shows a man in a suit and glasses leaning over a woman lying on a picnic blanket in the grass. The photo on the right, from 1984, is a blurry, candid shot of two people in hats and feathery coats laughing and running on a beach.

Chloe Sherman

Renegades. San Francisco: The 1990s

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By (artist): Chloe Sherman

Edited by: Nadine Barth, Katharina Mouratidi

July 2023, 128 Pages, 90 Photos

Hardcover

268mm x 288mm

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5517-7

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A candid portrait of the 1990s new wave of queer culture

In the 1990s, queer youth, outcasts and artists, flocked to San Francisco to find one another and to experiment with art, self-expression, style, and gender. Rent was affordable, paving the way for queer bars, clubs, tattoo shops, galleries, cafes, bookstores, and women-owned businesses to emerge. A new wave of feminism embraced gender bending, and butch/femme culture flourished. The Mission District was the center of this queer cultural renaissance, and the feeling of community was palpable. Chloe Sherman was both a member of this community and an ardent visual chronicler. Her documentary photographic work on 35mm film stems from a commitment to capturing the vibrancy, tenderness, individuality, resilience, and joy within this subculture that was derided by mainstream society. Distilling the spirit of the time, her debut monograph is a candid portrait of a vibrant era that connects current and future generations to the pulse of San Francisco at a pivotal chapter in queer history.

CHLOE SHERMAN (*1969, New York City) arrived in San Francisco in 1991 and earned her BFA in Photography at the San Francisco Art Institute. Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured in magazines such as Rolling Stone and Interview. Her documentary photography is deeply influenced by her fine arts training.

EXHIBITION
F³ - Freiraum für Fotografie, Berlin
30.06.2023-3.09.2023

»Chloe Sherman's new book and Berlin exhibition displays her raw documentary photos of femmes, butches, punks and studs in the city's vibrant Latinx Mission District «

Madeleine Pollard

AnOther Magazine

»Shot from the perspective of one thoroughly immersed in the subculture, the photos draw much of their energy from the easy intimacy between photographer and subject. The people featured lean on one another, nestle together, and seem to relate assuredly, both in their bedrooms and out in the lively streets, to Sherman’s lens.«

Crispin Long

The New Yorker

»I carried my camera everywhere at the time. Photography was a casual, spontaneous, integrated part of my communication with somebody - it was built into the fabric of my life.«

Interview by Edward Siddons

The Guardian