CNN —Photographer Chloe Sherman had rarely used social media, until a chance discovery by her daughter prompted her to revisit her work documenting the queer community in 1990s San Francisco.
Although she had previously exhibited some photographs from her time in San Francisco, the majority of her work, which she shot on 35-millimeter film, only existed as negatives.
So, after Sherman’s daughter and a friend helped create an Instagram account for her, she began digitizing and uploading her photos onto the platform.
In this context, San Francisco was widely seen as a safe haven, with a long history of welcoming LGBTQ people.
For Sherman, who had grown up making photographs and later studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, it felt important to document the moment.
Persons:
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Locations:
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