{"product_id":"hal-fischer-seminal-works","title":"Hal Fischer: Seminal Works","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeminal Works\u003c\/i\u003e brings together Hal Fischer’s iconic series \u003ci\u003eGay Semiotics \u003c\/i\u003ewith his rarely seen early photography and features a dynamic range of essays that consider queer culture and social change in San Francisco.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the late 1970s, as gay men in San Francisco experienced a new sense of freedom following the Stonewall Uprising, Hal Fischer made\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGay Semiotics\u003c\/i\u003e, a photo-text project that categorized denizens of the Castro and Haight-Ashbury neighborhoods by social type such as the “jock” or the “hippie.” Sly and systematic, Fischer portrayed the sartorial codes of queer street style—earrings, handkerchiefs, jeans, or leather—that broadcast a range of desires to potential sexual prospects.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe series became an influential record of a libertine era before AIDS, the rise of internet dating apps, and tech industry–accelerated gentrification transformed queer life forever. Tracing the formation of an essential American artist,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHal Fischer: Seminal Works\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eincludes\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGay Semiotics\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003etogether with Fischer’s rarely seen early photography and features essays that offer vital new perspectives on the history of San Francisco and the resonance of the gay rights movement across generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHardcover, 206 pages, 2026.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e146 duotone and four-color images.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11.2 x 9.6 in.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INGRAM\/APERTURE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47172513562802,"sku":"978-1597115957","price":65.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0578\/8155\/9218\/files\/Hal-Fischer-Seminal-Works-cover_1000x_f3253481-a1f6-401d-8c76-993342708b07.jpg?v=1775679284","url":"https:\/\/museumstore.sfmoma.org\/products\/hal-fischer-seminal-works","provider":"SFMOMA Museum Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}