CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 3/7/2024

Rizzoli Bookstore presents Chloe Sherman and Noelle Flores Théard on 'Renegades: San Francisco, The 1990s'

Thursday, March 7, from 6–8 PM, Rizzoli Bookstore presents photographer Chloe Sherman in conversation with New Yorker digital photo editor Noelle Flores Théard about Sherman's new monograph Renegades: San Francisco, The 1990s, a tender, joyous portrait of the thriving lesbian subculture in 1990s San Francisco, published by Hatje Cantz. RSVPs are encouraged. Seating is limited and will be first come, first served. Doors open at 5:30 PM. Can't attend? Order your signed copy here!

In the 1990s, queer youth, outcasts and artists flocked to San Francisco to experiment with art, self-expression, style and gender and to find community. Rent was affordable, paving the way for queer bars, clubs, tattoo shops, galleries, cafés, bookstores and women-owned businesses to emerge. A new wave of feminism embraced gender fluidity, and butch/femme culture flourished. The Mission district was the center of this queer cultural renaissance, and the feeling of community there 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 (born 1969) 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.

Noelle Flores Théard is senior digital photo editor at The New Yorker and producer of its Photo Booth column. She is part-time faculty in the BFA photography program at Parsons and co-founded FotoKonbit, a non-profit organization created to engage, educate and support Haitians in the telling of their own stories through photography. Prior to joining the New Yorker in 2021, she was program officer at Magnum Foundation, a lecturer in the African Diaspora and Art History programs at Florida International University and a contract photographer for the Miami Herald.

Rizzoli Bookstore
Chloe Sherman with Noelle Flores Théard on 'Renegades'
Thursday, March 7 at 6 PM
1133 Broadway
New York, NY 10010