Guide to the Bruce Cratsley Papers

Bruce Cratsley was born in Canton, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Swarthmore College. His interest in photography led him to study under Lisette Model at the New School for Social Research in the early 1970s. His work was displayed in prominent New York galleries and ranged from portraits of friends, to still lifes and photographs of gay and lesbian culture in New York City. A retrospective of his work was mounted at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 1996 to critical acclaim. White Light, Silent Shadows, containing a selection of his photographs, was published in 1998. Bruce Cratsley died on June 29, 1998, of complications from AIDS.

The papers consist photographic prints by and topical files of Bruce Cratsley. Also included is White Light, Silent Shadows, a book of Cratsley's photography.

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Identifier: 4j03cz719
Collection: Discovery Resources
Institution: Yale University Libraries
Creator(s): Yale University Library Manuscripts and Archives
Date Created: Mar. 2006
Mar. 2009
Dates Covered: 1975 to 1998
Genre: Finding Aids
Subject(s): Bruce Cratsley
White Light, Silent Shadows
Topic(s): Photography
Resource Type: Text
Language: English
Related URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/mssa.ms.1836
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