Los Angeles 05.19.2009

If We Had A Nicoletta For Every Time

…our community’s history would be richer

By the third rendition of the Carpenters at Fiesta Cantina’s karaoke night, it becomes screamingly apparent that gays heart the 70’s. For those who require further evidence, the spread of mustachioed boys and denim shorts beyond the limits of Sunset Junction should provide enough poof.

Sure we may be too young (it’s not often we get to say that anymore) to have stood in line outside of 54 or to have been a groupie for Freddie Mercury, but a new exhibit makes us fake nostalgia for the decade. Part of Harvey Milk’s inner circle, photographer Danny Nicoletta is showing his collection of photos from the era (and beyond) for the first time in L.A.

While the Milk-related shots invoke the same passion the films and other paraphernalia covering the icon have ignited, it’s Nicoletta’s way of capturing the historic 70’s gay San Francisco culture that leave us spellbound.

Through his lens, we gain an unparalleled glimpse into the diverse openness of the LGBT that Milk fought his life for.

Sure there’s insight to earn from vintage Falcon flicks or crumbling antiquated copies of the Advocate, but Nicoletta’s poetic photographs show us how fagulous the homos in the heygays truly were.

Harvey Milk and the San Francisco Scene
Through Saturday June 20 at the Overtones Gallery
12703 Venice Boulevard, Los Angeles

Artist Talk and Book Signing
Sunday, June 7, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
www.overtonesgallery.com

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