Chloe Sherman, ‘Folsom St Fair,’ 1994. (Courtesy the artist)
Thirty years ago, San Francisco was a place where people who were misfits everywhere else—queers, punks and artists alike—could come and find their chosen families regardless of how much money they had. Chloe Sherman’s new exhibit at Schlomer Haus Gallery, Renegade San Francisco: The 1990s, is a vibrant snapshot of what happened after they got here.
With her camera’s lens focused primarily on the lesbian community, Sherman captured the sticky dive bars, messy bedrooms and freewheeling couples of the era who lived unapologetically on their own terms.
