{"product_id":"hal-fischer-the-gay-seventies","title":"Hal Fischer: The Gay Seventies","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAt once humorous, conceptually brilliant and visually enthralling, the photography of Hal Fischer is gathered here for the first time \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHal Fischer: The Gay Seventies\u003c\/i\u003e is the first monograph to feature the complete set of photo-text works that Hal Fischer produced between 1977 and 1979 in San Francisco's Haight and Castro neighborhoods. In addition to \u003ci\u003eGay Semiotics\u003c\/i\u003e, Fischer's best-known work (its recent facsimile edition now out of print), \u003ci\u003eHal Fischer: The Gay Seventies\u003c\/i\u003e includes \u003ci\u003e18th Near Castro Street x 24\u003c\/i\u003e, which was published as an artist's book, \u003ci\u003eBoy-Friends\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Salesman\u003c\/i\u003e and two other series--\u003ci\u003eCivic Center\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCheap Chic Homo\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHal Fischer: The Gay Seventies\u003c\/i\u003e brings together, for the first time in nearly four decades, Fischer's major photo-text investigations of gay life in late 1970s San Francisco. Unapologetic, humorous, periodically subversive and conceptually driven, Fischer's photo-text investigations continue to engage and amuse audiences. As the work demonstrates, the late 1970s--after Stonewall and before AIDS--was a magical moment to be young and gay in San Francisco. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHal Fischer\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1950) grew up in Highland Park, Illinois. He arrived in San Francisco in 1975 to pursue an MA in photography at San Francisco State University. Through his work as an art reviewer and photographer, he soon became embedded in the Bay Area's artistic and intellectual scene. He continues to live and work in San Francisco.","brand":"Gallery 16 Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51164458942775,"sku":"9780982767177","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0934\/9926\/1239\/files\/imageloader_58bab041-0931-4b64-adcb-31b1bde8dd3d.jpg?v=1759515818","url":"https:\/\/shop.queerbooks.com\/products\/hal-fischer-the-gay-seventies","provider":"Philly AIDS Thrift @ Giovanni's Room","version":"1.0","type":"link"}