Stanley Stellar (born 1945)^[1] is an American photographer, living in Manhattan, who has photographed gay men in the West Village there since 1976.^[2][3] His work is included in the collection of Harvard Art Museums,^[4] as well as in the Artifacts at the End of a Decade portfolio, a copy of which is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.^[1]

Stellar was born in New York City, growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s.^[5] He studied graphic design and photography at Parsons School of Design in New York City^[2] then began working as art director at Art Direction, an advertising agency.^[3]

In 1976, Stellar purchased a professional camera and began photographing the gay scene on the streets of Manhattan's West Village including Christopher Street, and on the Christopher Street Pier where men cruised for sex.^[3]

• The Beauty of All Men, Photographs 1976–2011. All Saints, 2011. ISBN 9783900361044.
• Into the Light: Photographs of the NYC Gay Pride Day from the 70s Till Today. Bruno Gmuender, 2018. ISBN 978-3959852753.

Stellar's work is held in the following permanent collections:

• Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: 1 print (as of 5 September 2022)^[4]
• Museum of Modern Art, New York: 1 photograph, part of Artifacts at the End of a Decade (as of 5 September 2022)^[1][5]

• Stanley Stellar: Here For This Reason (2019) – Short Stories (HuffPost and RYOT Films); short film written and directed by Eric Leven^[6]

• Alvin Baltrop
• Leonard Fink

• Official website
• "Artifacts at the End of a Decade ‘Stanley Stellar’ (Dazed Digital Cut)" (4 minute video at Vimeo)
• Stellar's profile at Kapp Kapp, New York

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