Bill Bytsura ACT UP Photography Collection Bulk, 1989-1997 1981-2012

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Bill Bytsura ACT UP Photography Collection Bulk, 1989-1997 1981-2012

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Bill Bytsura is a photographer who extensively documented ACT UP and other unaffiliated AIDS awareness movements across the United States and in Europe throughout the late 1980s and 1990s. The collection includes studio-style portraits of each activist, along with their personal statements. Portraits include prominent activists such as Larry Kramer, Ann Northrop, Tim Bailey, Luke Sissyfag Montgomery, Didier Lestrade, Peter Staley, and Terry Stogdell. The collection also documents AIDS demonstrations, political funerals, and related publications.

10.0 boxes; (8 record cartons, 2 Flat boxes)

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ACT UP (Organization)

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Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.

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Bytsura, Bill

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ACT UP New York (Organization)

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