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Donna Gottschalk



Myla Gottschalk after transition, circa 2000
Myla Gottschalk after transition, circa 2000
color print on paper
48,5 x 32 cm
58,5 x 42 cm
60 x 43,5 cm
ed 3 + 2
Sleepers, Revolutionary Women's Conference, Limerick, Pennsylvania, 1970
Sleepers, Revolutionary Women's Conference, Limerick, Pennsylvania, 1970
silver gelatin print
31 x 40,6 cm
55 x 72 cm
58 x 73 cm
ed 3 + 2
Donna and Joan, E. 9th St., NYC, 1970
Donna and Joan, E. 9th St., NYC, 1970
silver gelatin print on paper
11 x 17 cm
30,25 x 40,25 cm
ed 3 + 1
Auto Shop Owners, Berkeley, California, 1973
Auto Shop Owners, Berkeley, California, 1973
silver gelatin print
31,15 x 20,4 cm
55 x 39,5 cm
58 x 42,5 cm
ed 3 + 2
Helaine on her girlfriend's lap, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1974
Helaine on her girlfriend's lap, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1974
silver gelatin print
31,15 x 20,4 cm
58 x 40,27 cm
ed 3 + 1
Lesbian Family, San Francisco, California, 1973
Lesbian Family, San Francisco, California, 1973
silver gelatin print
22 x 30,25 cm
58 x 53 cm
ed 3 + 1
Peggy Hozan, fellow cabdriver, 1973
Peggy Hozan, fellow cabdriver, 1973
silver gelatin print
13,6 x 19,3 cm
12,8 x 18,5
unique
Marlene Elling, age 23, E. 9th St., NYC, 1968
Marlene Elling, age 23, E. 9th St., NYC, 1968
silver gelatin print
48 x 32,5 cm
60 x 43,5 cm
ed 3 + 2
Sue Katz and Nikki, San Francisco, California, 1975
Sue Katz and Nikki, San Francisco, California, 1975
silver print on paper
33,5 x 22 cm
43 x 31 cm
44,5 x 32,5 cm
ed 3 + 2
My roomate Chris during transition, 1970
My roomate Chris during transition, 1970
silver gelatin print
32,5 x 47
43 x 58 cm
44,5 x 59,5 cm
ed 3 + 2
Myla, age 16, San Francisco, California, 1973
Myla, age 16, San Francisco, California, 1973
color print on paper
48,5 x 32 cm
58 x 42 cm
43,5 x 59,5 cm
ed 3 + 2
Joan Biren, my lover, E. 9th St., NYC, 1970
Joan Biren, my lover, E. 9th St., NYC, 1970
silver gelatin print on paper
21,5 x 33 cm
27,7 x 35,5 cm
ed 3 + 2
Joan Biren, my lover, E. 9th St., NYC, 1970
Joan Biren, my lover, E. 9th St., NYC, 1970
silver gelatin print
10,5 x 16,6 cm
10,8 x 17,2 cm
unique
Lesbian Woman living in a packing crate, Truro, Massachusetts, 1974
Lesbian Woman living in a packing crate, Truro, Massachusetts, 1974
digital print
13,6 x 19,3 cm
28 x 21,6 cm
ed 15
Backstage at the Limelight Nightclub, 1976
Backstage at the Limelight Nightclub, 1976
silver gelatin print
27,8 x 25 cm
27,7 x 35,5cm
ed 3 + 2
Hell's Gate, NYC, 1978
Hell's Gate, NYC, 1978
digital print
12 x 17,3 cm
28 x 21,6 cm
ed 15
Dykes for an Amerikan Revolution, Washington D.C., 1971
Dykes for an Amerikan Revolution, Washington D.C., 1971
silver gelatin print
27,8 x 25 cm
27,7 x 35,5cm
ed 3 + 2
Sally and Mama, 1973
Sally and Mama, 1973
gelatin silver print
20,7 x 14 cm
21,8 x 14,9 cm
unique
Myla Gottschalk, age 19, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, 1975
Myla Gottschalk, age 19, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, 1975
gelatin silver print on paper
32,1 x 21,2 cm
32 x 21 cm
ed 3 + 2
Nancy Lewis and Ericka, 1969
Nancy Lewis and Ericka, 1969
digital print
13,6 x 19,3 cm
28 x 21,6 cm
ed 15
Sans titre, 1973
Sans titre, 1973
digital print
13,6 x 19,3 cm
28 x 21,6 cm
ed 15
Amber Hollibaugh, gay activist and writer, San Francisco, California, 1974
Amber Hollibaugh, gay activist and writer, San Francisco, California, 1974
gelatin silver print on paper
32,1 x 21,2 cm
35,5 x 27,7 cm
ed 3 + 2
Young Lesbian, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1974
Young Lesbian, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1974
gelatin silver print on paper
32,1 x 21,2 cm
35,5 x 27,7 cm
ed 3 + 2
Marlene Elling, my best friend, Eugene, Oregon, 1974
Marlene Elling, my best friend, Eugene, Oregon, 1974
gelatin silver print on paper
21,2 x 32,1 cm
27,7 x 35,5 cm
ed 3 + 2
Marlene Elling, Eugene, Oregon, 1974
Marlene Elling, Eugene, Oregon, 1974
gelatin silver print on paper
21,2 x 32,1 cm
27,7 x 35,5cm
ed 3 + 2
Sans titre , circa 1970
Sans titre , circa 1970
gelatin silver print on paper
19,5 x 22, 5 cm
29,5 x 22,5 cm
unique
Donna, 1976
Donna, 1976
gelatin silver print on paper
18 x 19 cm
27x 28 cm
unique
Self-Portrait, circa 1970
Self-Portrait, circa 1970
color print on paper
24 x 19 cm
33 x 27,7 cm
unique
Myla in California, 1973
Myla in California, 1973
gelatin silver print on paper
18,2 x 12 cm
27 x 21 cm
unique
Myla in Mary's dress, 1973
Myla in Mary's dress, 1973
gelatin silver print on paper
12 x 18 cm
21,6 x 26,8 cm
unique
Myla in Mary's dress, age 16, San Francisco, California, 1973
Myla in Mary's dress, age 16, San Francisco, California, 1973
gelatin silver print on paper
32 x 21 cm
41,5 x 29,5 cm
42 x 30 cm
ed 3 + 2
Myla Gottschalk, age 12, E 9th ST., NYC, 1969
Myla Gottschalk, age 12, E 9th ST., NYC, 1969
gelatin silver print on paper
11 x 17,2 cm
20,5 x 25,5 cm
21 x 26,3 cm
ed 3 + 2
Sue Katz in big chair, San Francisco, California, 1973
Sue Katz in big chair, San Francisco, California, 1973
gelatin silver print on paper
21,2 x 32,1 cm
29 x 39 cm
30 x 40,5 cm
ed 3 + 2
Marlene Elling and Vincent Gottschalk in Tompkins square, NYC, 1993
Marlene Elling and Vincent Gottschalk in Tompkins square, NYC, 1993
gelatin silver print on paper
21,25x 32 cm
30 x 41 cm
30,5 x 41,5cm
ed 3 + 2


Biography

Donna Gottschalk is an American photographer and a lesbian activist born in 1949. She grew up in New York City, in the Lower East Side. She joined the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1969. The same year she joined the Gay Liberation Front, becoming an active member of the movement. In 1970, she and other activists organised the Lavender Menace action during the National Organisation for Women congress, to protest against the exclusion of lesbians from the women's liberation movement. In 1971, she moved to San Francisco with her sisters Myla and Mary where she worked as a taxi driver. She then joined a photographic printing company before moving to Connecticut where she established her own lab with a partner. In the late 1990s, she became a nursing auxiliary and moved to Vermont. In 2018, the Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art in New York organised the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to her work. Throughout her life, Donna Gottschalk kept photographing her loved ones, her siblings, butch, fem, trans, gay activists, comrades and friends.










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