Electric Works
130 8th St
415.626.5496
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Photo: Denton Smith
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Opens Friday June 4, 2010 (6–8pm)
June 5, 2010 – July 10, 2010
Tuesdays–Fridays (11am–6pm)
Saturdays (11am–5pm)
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“In 1973 Harvey Milk opened a camera shop in the Castro, after a roll of film that he left at another store got ruined. He hired 19-year-old Dan Nicoletta to be his assistant. On roll upon roll of Tri-X film, Nicoletta documented Milk's rise to become SF's first openly gay Supervisor. He photographed the police cars on fire after Milk was shot, and his ashes which were scattered by the Golden Gate bridge along with bubble bath (to signify Milk's gay lifestyle). Nicoletta has also recorded kids doing poppers at an Etta James show at the Stud in 1976 and other lighter moments in LGBT history. Tonight, a retrospective of his photography, called Less Bitter — More Glitter, opens at Electric Works.”
Joey Stevenson, Flavorpill
Electric Works Gallery says:
Electric Works is pleased to present More Glitter — Less Bitter, a poignant romp through Dan Nicoletta's vigilant documentation of San Francisco's gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender communities. In 1975 Dan Nicoletta was hired by Harvey Milk to work in Milk's Castro Street camera store and there at age 19, Dan's life path as a documentarian for that emerging scene began. Milk was one of the first openly gay elected officials in the world and he became a symbol of hope to the LGBT civil rights movement after he was assassinated in 1978. The photographs in the exhibit will highlight significant moments along the way including still photos taken by Nicoletta on the set of Gus Van Sant's Academy Award winning film Milk in which actor Lucas Grabeel portrayed Nicoletta. Through the last 38 years Nicoletta has remained a key point person for LGBT Community related research.
