Donna Gottschalk

Donna Gottschalk

BornNationalityBased In
1949AmericanNew York City, Vermont
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. ...

Selected Artworks
Myla, 16 years old,  San Francisco, California
Donna Gottschalk
Myla, 16 years old, San Francisco, California, 1973
43 x 59cm
Auto Shop Owners, Berkeley, CA
Donna Gottschalk
Auto Shop Owners, Berkeley, CA, 1973
31.15 x 20.4cm
Donna and Joan, E. 9th St
Donna Gottschalk
Donna and Joan, E. 9th St, 1970
11 x 17cm
Helaine on her girlfriend's lap, Provincetown
Donna Gottschalk
Helaine on her girlfriend's lap, Provincetown, 1974
31.15 x 20.4cm
Maine self-portrait
Donna Gottschalk
Maine self-portrait, 1975
14 x 22cm
Marlene
Marlene Elling, Eugene, Oregon
Donna Gottschalk
Marlene Elling, Eugene, Oregon, 1974
21.2 x 32.1cm
My roomate Chris during transition
Donna Gottschalk
My roomate Chris during transition, 1970
Myla in Mary's dress, 16 years old, San Francisco
Donna Gottschalk
Myla in Mary's dress, 16 years old, San Francisco, 1973
32 x 21cm
Myla, 16 years old,  San Francisco, California
Donna Gottschalk
Myla, 16 years old, San Francisco, California, 1973
48.5 x 32cm
Sleepers, Revolutionary Women's Conference, Limerick, PA
Donna Gottschalk
Sleepers, Revolutionary Women's Conference, Limerick, PA, 1970
31 x 40.6cm
Young Lesbian, Provincetown
Donna Gottschalk
Young Lesbian, Provincetown, 1974
32.1 x 21.2cm
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