Capturing a time and place
Chloe Sherman Queer photographer Chloe Sherman documents San Francisco in the 1990s in her new book ‘Renegades’ JENNY BLOCK | Contributing Writerjennyeblock@icloud.com Queer photographer Chloe Sherman has always been a sentimentalist.
That’s an excellent happenstance for someone who has always had an eye for and a love of photography. “My love for photography began early looking through family albums at my father’s images,” Sherman said. “He is an excellent photographer.” Sherman used to watch her father shoot.
She viewed his photographs. And she loved using his 35mm film cameras. “Anna Joy at home, post surgery” from Renegades Then came her more formal education with photography and darkroom classes in high school. “My parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles had art on the walls, and we had great printed photo books in the house,” Sherman said. “I remember being enamored by a book of photos by Dorothea Lange, and also a Bruce Davidson book.” Sherman, born 1969, found her way to San Francisco in 1991 where she attended the San Francisco Art Institute, earning her BFA in photography.
Her work has been exhibited internationally and featured in magazines, including Rolling Stone and Interview. Her first book, Renegades: San Francisco: The 1990s, is published by Hatje Cantz and launches on Monday, Sept.
